BenchMark Physical Therapy opened an outpatient clinic Monday in Chatsworth, Georgia, at 508 S. 3rd Ave.
Physical therapist Justin Henry, a graduate of Murray County High School, is the clinic director. Henry, who earned a doctor of physical therapy degree from South College, is certified in dry needling. The clinic offers outpatient orthopedic physical therapy, including manual therapy, injury prevention, return to performance and total joint replacement programs.
The clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday.
BenchMark, part of the Upstream Rehabilitation family of clinical care, offers 24-hour access to care and works with all insurance types.
The Chattanooga-based company operates more than 350 clinics in 15 states and relocated its corporate headquarters in 2017 to the Lee Corners complex along Highway 153.
Xtend Healthcare adds 200 jobs in Tennessee
A Tennessee medical billing company is expanding its corporate headquarters in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville and adding 200 jobs.
Xtend Healthcare, LLC, which works with hospitals, physicians and other health care providers on everything from complete business office outsourcing to accounts receivable issues and third-party payments and coding, announced Monday it will invest another $1.3 milion to expand in office in Hendersonville.
Founded in 2009, Xtend Healthcare employs more than 1,000 employees, including more than 700 in Tennessee.
“Tennessee provides an excellent labor force with healthcare expertise that has accelerated our growth at Xtend Healthcare,” Xtend Healthcare Chief Business Development Officer Daniel Brooks said in an announcement Monday.
Warner Brothers gets female CEO
BBC executive Ann Sarnoff was named chief of Warner Bros. on Monday, making her the first woman to head the movie studio in its 96-year history. Her appointment follows the departure in March of Kevin Tsujihara, who stepped down after misconduct allegations.
WarnerMedia chief executive John Stankey announced Sarnoff’s hiring, concluding a three-month search for one of Hollywood’s most prized posts. To surprise of much of the industry, WarnerMedia turned to Sarnoff, who has worked primarily in television. Sarnoff, who takes over as chief executive and chair of Warner Bros., is currently president of BBC Studios Americas. She has previously been a top TV executive at Viacom and with the WNBA.
“She brings a consistent and proven track record of innovation, creativity and business results to lead an incredibly successful studio to its next chapter of growth,” said Stankey.
In March, Tsujihara stepped down following claims that he promised roles to an actress with whom he was having an affair. Tsujihara, whose attorney denied that Tsujihara had any direct role in the woman’s hiring, said he was departing to avoid being a distraction.
Walgreens to offer drug disposal packets
Walgreens is making it easier for customers to dispose of unused drugs safely.
The drugstore chain said Monday that it will offer at several thousand stores packets that customers can use to turn medications into a useless gel before throwing them away at home.
The DisposeRx packets will be available for free at Walgreens stores that do not already have a medication disposal kiosk except in Iowa and Nebraska, where the chain says it has other options. Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. has kiosks at 1,400 pharmacies and runs more than 9,500 drugstores in total.
Walmart began providing DisposeRx packets to pharmacy customers last year.
Federal regulators say patients should dispose expired or unused medications as quickly as possible to prevent them from being taken accidentally or misused.
Airline sues Walmart over Jetblack name
JetBlue Airways is asking a judge to block Walmart from calling its new text-message personal-shopping service Jetblack, saying the name infringes on the airline’s trademarks.
JetBlue sued Walmart in federal district court in New York on Friday.
New York-based JetBlue says it has invested heavily in trademarks that promote its name for selling flights, clothing, bags, toys and other items.
The airline says Walmart plans to use other names like Jetgold and Jetsilver “and to move closer to JetBlue’s core services by offering travel and transportation services.” It accuses Walmart of “a transparent attempt to trade on the goodwill associated with” the JetBlue name.
A Walmart spokesman says the Arkansas-based retailer will respond in court once it is served with the complaint.