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December 11, 2015

Get instant access to your health plan with the Aetna Mobile app

As a Vanderbilt Health Plan participant, you can download the Aetna Mobile app and have all your health plan information at your fingertips.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 19, 2015

Growth, collaboration key to VUMC’s future: Balser

Discovery, education and clinical care will continue to be the core of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) mission as the date of the legal separation for Vanderbilt University and VUMC nears, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, said to a capacity crowd at last week’s Fall Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly.

By Nancy Humphrey
November 12, 2015

Employer Roundtable explores prescription drug spending

Some employers have called prescription drug benefits the “black hole” of company-backed health plans, with costs escalating despite years of efforts to bring them in check.

By VUMC News and Communications
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October 1, 2015

Major grant to transform region’s clinical practices

Vanderbilt University has received a contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for up to $28 million over four years to help more than 4,000 clinicians in the Southeast transform their clinical practices in ways that improve quality of patient care and hold down costs.

By Bill Snyder
June 30, 2015

Posch named associate vice chancellor for Population Health

David Posch, CEO of Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics and executive director for the Vanderbilt Medical Group, has been named to the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for Population Health.

By John Howser
April 30, 2015

Lane named vice president for Population Health Management

Nancy Lane, Ph.D., has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) as senior vice president for Population Health Management.

By Nancy Humphrey
May 22, 2014

Roundtable explores latest health trends for large employers

When it comes to episodic care for minor problems, patient convenience trumps provider convenience in today’s health care market.
By Paul Govern
November 14, 2013

Meeting lets employers, providers explore solutions

As never before, large employers and regional health care providers have opportunity — and incentive — to work together to tame unsustainable health benefit cost inflation while improving health and health care outcomes.
By Paul Govern
October 24, 2013

Teleneurology services coming to Williamson Medical Center

Neurologists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and patient care teams 18 miles away at Williamson Medical Center (WMC) will take advantage of network technology to provide remote neurological patient examinations on an urgent basis.
By Paul Govern
October 4, 2013

Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network to offer expanded options

When Vanderbilt University faculty and staff review their 2014 health plan options during Open Enrollment, they will notice a feature that reflects not only how Vanderbilt is taking care of its own but also leading the transformation of health care for the region.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 6, 2012

VUMC, Maury Regional land quality, performance awards

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is among nine recipients of the 2012 Achievement Award from the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE).
By Paul Govern
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