Mississippi nursing homes on list of troubled facilities in Senate report
There is a long list of troubled nursing homes that the federal government allegedly knew about, but the public didn’t. According to a Senate report...
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Proposed Medicaid reform plan stirs debate
by Alex Paton
Medicaid expansion has been proposed in Mississippi. After the recent announcement of a proposal, Mississippi Cares, from the Mississippi Hospital Association to bring about Medicaid...
Study finds 31 rural hospitals at risk of closing
by Alex Paton
More Mississippi rural hospitals are at risk of closing than almost any other state. A new study shows that 31 hospitals at risk of closure....
Gov asks DHS to take over eligibility determination for Medicaid
by Alex Paton
Governor Bryant has asked the Division of Medicaid to submit a plan to transfer eligibility determination responsibilities to the Mississippi Department of Human Services. Mississippi...
Cochran co-sponsors legislation to fix Medicare
by Alex Paton
Senator Thad Cochran is co-sponsoring a fair medicare hospital payments act. The bill is said to correct a flawed Medicare formula. Cochran said the current...
Office of Inspector General claims NMMC, UMMC overbilled Medicare
Washington, D.C. – A report in late 2016 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that North...
Medicaid: Where is the money going?
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- A separate Medicaid Committee was allowed for the first time by the State Senate in January, and they have the nearly impossible task...
Hospice fraud: how you can protect your loved ones in hospice care
JACKSON, MISS–In 5 years hospice fraudsters fleeced over $1 billion from Mississippians....
Miss. News Briefs: Gang Rape Lands Three in Jail, It’s Not Publisher’s Clearing House on the Phone
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–If you’ve ever been the victim of a violent crime, you know that having the guy or guys who did it still on the...