UMMC and Blue Cross face Saturday deadline
The University of Mississippi’s Medical Center is no closer to an agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi. Back in April UMMC told...
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First Lady discusses home for sick kids
by Alex Paton
Mississippi will soon have the state’s first pediatric palliative care facility. After more than six years of research and development, Mississippi is ready to lead the...
Surgeon General answers call for Dr. on Delta Flight
by Alex Paton
Is there a doctor on board? That’s the question that went out over the speakers of a Delta flight headed for Jackson yesterday when a...
UMMC says Blue Cross has yet to start negotiations
by Alex Paton
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is seeking to renegotiate their contract with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi (BCBSMS). UMMC has said...
Featured UMMC could drop Blue Cross Blue Shield contract
by Alex Paton
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is in negotiations with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi (BCBSMS) to work on an updated contract...
Featured UMMC Medical Education Building named in honor of Governor
The state-of-the-art structure that is the academic home to Mississippi’s flagship medical education program has officially received its new name: The Phil Bryant Medical Education...
Featured UMMC doctors seek opioid alternatives
by Alex Paton
Mississippi’s statistics on opioid use resulting in addiction and deaths are bad, but the failure of data to deter abuse is also troubling. A team...
Featured UMMC Doctors seek alternatives to opioid prescriptions
by Alex Paton
Mississippi’s statistics on opioid use resulting in addiction and deaths are bad, but the failure of data to deter abuse is also troubling. A team...
UMMC breaks ground on new $180M pediatrics tower
by Alex Paton
Confetti rained down and cheers went up today as patients joined leaders in medicine and government to break ground for a $180 million new pediatrics...
Therapy pets; a different kind of medicine
by Sarah Ulmer
Walking down the halls of a hospital there are many things you see. There’s doctors, nurses, patients, and medicine, but would you be surprised if...