By Adam Gale. When was the last time you were wowed by your mechanic, or computer tech, or tax specialist? I personally can’t remember ever being blown away by the quality of a radiator flush (but if you have, please submit the contact information for your mechanic below!). I would guess that more often than not, our expectations of these services are generally met, but it is rare that they... Read more

By Bob Herman. Come Oct. 1, 2013, the healthcare landscape will be bidding adieu to a friend that has been around for more than 40 years: ICD-9. Replacing it is ICD-10, which will become the new procedural, diagnostic, coding and billing default of the healthcare landscape for the start of the 2014 fiscal year, much to the displeasure of several groups. The American Medical Association stated... Read more

By Ashok Selvam. Cumberland Consulting Group, Nashville, has been acquired by a group headed by members of the firm's management team and Tailwind Capital. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Cumberland provides a variety of health information technology consulting services, including planning and assessment and work-flow management. Father-and-son healthcare investors R... Read more

By G.Chambers Williams III. Nashville-based Cumberland Consulting Group, a health-care information-technology firm, has been acquired by members of its management team and the private-equity firm Tailwind Capital, company officials said today. Among the investors in the transaction were R. Clayton McWhorter and Stuart McWhorter, longtime participants in a variety of health-care ventures. Jim... Read more

By Randy McClain. Cumberland Consulting Group was named Best in KLAS for excellence in Information Technology Planning and Assessment in the 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. The report, published by KLAS Enterprises (KLAS), presents rankings of the best-performing Healthcare Information Technology vendors, based on more than 17,000 interviews with health-care... Read more

By Bob Herman. Electronic health records — they are the wave of the future for all hospitals but a headache for some as well. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act provides federal incentives to hospitals and physician organizations that are meaningful users of the technology systems, but in the rush to meet the meaningful use stages, providers might be... Read more

Nashville Post’s Fast15 is our annual look at the companies to watch in Middle Tennessee. In past iterations, we’ve cast a wide net for this list — using broad criteria and editorial judgment to amass 50 companies of all ages and sizes from across the region. This year, in an attempt to focus on high-potential emerging businesses and bring some fresh entrepreneurial faces to... Read more

By Maura Keller  For The Record Vol. 23 No. 2 P. 10   Industry experts dole out advice on how best to prepare for a major system overhaul.   Paperless offices. Instant access. Electronic records. Not too long ago, these were little more than amusing catchphrases bandied about at conferences by medical technology professionals claiming to have seen the future. Few believed they... Read more

Commentary By Randy McClain. It should be no surprise when new companies pop up on a fast track in the health-care arena in Nashville. It's a niche that has spawned international success stories when the right idea gets matched by healthy doses of capital and hard work from local entrepreneurs. Think HCA among for-profit hospital companies, or Franklin-based HealthSpring, a 10-year-old... Read more

By Getahn Ward. Pat Stella is pondering his options after being told by an insurance broker that premiums on his employees' health benefits package could increase by as much as 11 percent next year. "We usually give our employees more than one choice," the chief executive of Fire Sprinkler LLC said. "It could be we don't — maybe we give them one choice." Stella... Read more