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Blake Farmer

Blake Farmer is WPLN's assistant news director, but he wears many hats - reporter, editor and host. He covers the Tennessee state capitol while also keeping an eye on Fort Campbell and business trends, frequently contributing to national programs. Born in Tennessee and educated in Texas, Blake has called Nashville home for most of his life.

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In Tennessee, a Medicaid mix-up could land you on a 'most wanted' list

Blake Farmer

Medicaid enrollment swelled during the pandemic. And some states are being especially aggressive at policing their rolls.
In Tennessee, a Medicaid mix-up could land you on a 'most wanted' list

Blake Farmer

Medicaid enrollment swelled during the pandemic. And some states are being especially aggressive at policing their rolls.
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ERs staffed by private equity firms aim to cut costs by hiring fewer doctors

Brett Kelman, Blake Farmer

Increasingly, private equity firms shape staffing decisions at hospital emergency rooms, research shows. One apparent effect: Hiring fewer doctors and more health care practitioners who earn far less.
There's new urgency to get AEDs in schools after Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest

Blake Farmer

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest brought new attention to automated external defibrillators. Many schools have one, but now some are making sure they know how to use it.
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Long-COVID clinics are wrestling with how to treat their patients

Blake Farmer

The clinics have popped up all over the country, but doctors still don't know the best way to treat these patients, whose symptoms can vary dramatically.
Long COVID clinics are wrestling with how to treat their patients

Blake Farmer

Clinics that care for long COVID patients are wrestling with how to handle a condition that is still poorly understood and has no widely accepted treatments.
Encore: After a decade-long spate of closures, one rural Tennessee hospital reopens

Blake Farmer

When rural hospitals go out of business, they're frequently gone for good. But now, some comebacks are a welcome sign for communities that have been without easy access to health care.