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THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN TENNESSEE Heading Into November: Quality, Cost, and Accountability in Tennessee's Hospital Market

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare operates Saint Francis Hospital, a 519-bed acute care facility that holds a one-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- the federal government's own measurement system for hospital quality. The hospital's average Medicare payment across documented procedures runs in the upper bracket nationally, with a value score of D.

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Felony Convictions, Unpaid Restitution: Questions Emerge Over Democrat-Backed Witness on Senator Blackburn's Prediction Market Panel

Senator Blackburn's hearing was designed to be the forum where those questions get answered. The original panel was assembled to do exactly that.

Whether a Democrat-backed witness with 13 felony convictions, a disbarment, a probation violation, and $1.7 million in unpaid restitution to his own victims strengthens or undermines that effort – and whose interests his addition ultimately serves – are questions worth asking before May 20.

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