Changes to the medical marijuana law are headed to Gov. Reeves’ desk. Here’s what they are.
The Legislature has approved changes to Mississippi’s cannabis law that will limit the information available to the public about businesses’ citation records and will attempt to crack down on inconsistencies from the agencies tasked with running the new medical marijuana program. The bill, first filed in the House, was amended by a Senate committee and […]
Q&A: Harvard public health dean talks Medicaid expansion and heartbreaking mortality rates of Delta mothers
Michelle Williams, a renowned epidemiologist and dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, caught up with health editor Kate Royals following the state Legislature’s decision to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage. Harvard University’s School of Public Health has an active program focused on the maternal mortality rate in the Mississippi Delta. Williams has […]
Q&A: Harvard public health dean talks Medicaid expansion and heartbreaking mortality rates of Delta mothers
Michelle Williams, a renowned epidemiologist and dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, caught up with health editor Kate Royals following the state Legislature’s decision to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage. Harvard University’s School of Public Health has an active program focused on the maternal mortality rate in the Mississippi Delta. Williams has […]
Reeves signs extended Medicaid coverage for new mothers into law
Mississippians on Medicaid officially have health care coverage for a year after giving birth. Gov. Tate Reeves signed Senate Bill 2212 into law on Thursday, extending postpartum Medicaid coverage from two to 12 months. His signature came after a last-minute endorsement of the bill before a legislative deadline last month. For a year prior, Reeves […]
Some worry thousands of Mississippi children will lose health coverage as public health emergency ends
In just over two weeks, the state’s Division of Medicaid will begin the daunting process of determining for the first time in three yearswhether hundreds of thousands of low-income Mississippians are still eligible for health coverage. As a result, Mississippians, adults and children, who have had coverage as the result of a federal pandemic-era policy […]
Mississippi’s troubled mental health system shows signs of repair, report says
Fewer Mississippians in mental health crises are stuck waiting in jail cells for a hospital bed each day than they were a year ago, but the state has yet to eliminate the troubling practice completely, according to a new report. The latest data available shows that from December to mid-January, an average of 23 people […]
House sends extended postpartum Medicaid coverage to governor
The House on Tuesday sent Gov. Tate Reeves a bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers in Mississippi from 60 days to a year. Reeves, who for more than a year refused to endorse the idea, recently announced he would sign it into law. His election year announcement coincided with recent polls that […]
Labor Department orders North Sunflower Medical Center to pay nurses missing wages
A Delta health care center had to pay $201,000 in missing wages owed to its staff – including nurses – according to investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hours Division. The facility – North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville – owed money to 110 employees, according to the Labor Department. The health […]
‘Leaving for greener pastures’: Mississippi’s nurse vacancy rates are their highest in at least a decade
Amid continued risk of closures, Mississippi hospitals are increasingly missing one critical piece of their staff: Nurses. Many of the state’s hospitals are emptying. Service lines are being discontinued, and full floors have been shuttered — for some, to preserve costs, but also because hospitals increasingly lack the staff. According to data from the Mississippi Hospital […]
Mississippi Miracles Radiothon at Children’s of Mississippi
https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mississippi-Miracles-Radiothon_1-1.mp4 Children’s of Mississippi held its 22nd annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon Broadcast in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3. Radio DJs from the state gathered at the hospital and broadcasted their shows live to encourage listeners to give donations to the state’s only children’s hospital. This year, the Radiothon raised $401,703. The event has raised more […]