State Health Department was unaware a hospital had closed, a proposed rule change could keep that from happening again
Hospitals must give a 30-day notice about closure or the discontinuing of services, under a Mississippi State Department of Health proposed rule. News of the proposed change came after Mississippi Today sought answers about the closing of Patient’s Choice Medical Center of Smith County in Raleigh, which was at the time still listed as open […]
Faith, medical leaders to discuss expanding health care access at Gov. Tate Reeves’ home church
Galloway United Methodist, the downtown Jackson church where incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is a member, will host a series of lectures on how providing access to health care is a Christian value. The featured speakers in late October are expected to tout Medicaid expansion, a federal-state program that would provide health care coverage to […]
Gov. Reeves announces 11th hour plan for hospital crisis. Opponents pan it as ‘too little, too Tate’
After being criticized for months by his Democratic opponent for not having a plan to address Mississippi’s health care crisis, Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday unveiled what he called “sweeping Medicaid reimbursement reforms.” Reeves’ proposal, announced less than two months before the November election, includes pulling more federal dollars to increase Medicaid reimbursement to hospitals […]
Longtime head of Mississippi Hospital Association let go by board
As Gov. Tate Reeves announced his plan to save Mississippi’s rural hospitals, the state hospital association’s longtime leader prepared for his last day at the organization. Tim Moore, who’s led the Mississippi Hospital Association for a decade, confirmed to Mississippi Today that the board fired him. His last day in his current position is today. […]
Mississippi ambulance providers anticipate downfall of services amid hospital crisis
Mississippi ambulance providers fear a collapse of emergency medical services is on the horizon, partly as a result of hospitals discontinuing services and, in some cases, closing. The crisis has caused a decline in worker availability for ambulance providers and an increase in emergency service wait times, those in the field say. And with the […]
Gov. Tate Reeves to announce his plan to help struggling hospitals
After two terms as lieutenant governor and nearly one as governor, Tate Reeves on Thursday is expected to make his first major proposal to address Mississippi’s health care crisis. Reeves is announcing his plan less than two months before the Nov. 7 general election, when he’ll face Democrat Brandon Presley, who has made a key […]
Mississippi Medical Association has not always been out front on state’s health care issues
In 2002, during the 83-day special session, the longest in state history, members of the Mississippi Medical Association were out in full force in favor of legislation to provide health care providers more protection from lawsuits. The Medical Association, the largest organization of physicians in the state, had members in their white coats at the […]
Greenwood hospital, long on the financial brink, may be on its last breath
After clawing itself out of closure several months ago, Greenwood Leflore Hospital once again faces that reality after being denied money from the county. The hospital, one of the largest in the Mississippi Delta that has drawn national attention for its struggles over the past year, was bled dry by the pandemic. To keep its […]
‘These are not good numbers’: Thousands more Mississippians, kids dropped from Medicaid
More than 16,000 Mississippians were dropped from Medicaid in August during the latest round of the agency’s disenrollments. The pandemic-era federal regulations that prevented state Medicaid agencies from disenrolling beneficiaries ended in May. Since then, Medicaid divisions all over the country are reviewing their rolls for the first time in three years. In June, 29,460 […]
Why the CDC has recommended new COVID boosters for all
Everyone over the age of 6 months should get the latest COVID-19 booster, a federal expert panel recommended Tuesday after hearing an estimate that universal vaccination could prevent 100,000 more hospitalizations each year than if only the elderly were vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 for […]