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Mississippi Health Care Faces ‘Looming Disaster,’ …

(9 days ago) WebEdney warned lawmakers in November 2022 that over half of the state’s rural hospitals are in danger of closing. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis. Mississippi’s health-care crisis is worsening, and an overhaul of …

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30094/mississippi-health-care-faces-looming-disaster-medical-group-warns-lawmakers

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Mississippi ranked last for health system performance - Mississippi …

(6 days ago) Webby Will Stribling June 30, 2022. A new report from The Commonwealth Fund ranked Mississippi last in the nation for health system performance. The yearly scorecards released by the Fund typically rank Mississippi near the bottom or last across health care access and quality measures, but this year the scorecard also judged how health systems

https://mississippitoday.org/2022/06/30/report-ranks-mississippi-last-health-system-performance/

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Politicians reject solution to growing hospital crisis

(5 days ago) WebPoliticians continue to reject solution to growing hospital crisis. by Sara DiNatale November 16, 2022. Kings Daughters Hospital …

https://mississippitoday.org/2022/11/16/hospital-crisis-medicaid-expansion/

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MISSISSIPPI INDICATORS AND HEALTHCARE …

(3 days ago) WebHealthcare System Performance: Mississippi Indicators & Healthcare Infrastructure, Opportunities for Improvement in May 2022. The report provided an update to the C4MHP’s original healthcare system performance report from 2013. This issue brief highlights the 2022 report’s findings on the quality and performance of Mississippi healthcare

https://mshealthpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Health-Care-System-Performance-2022.pdf

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Report ranks Mississippi last in the nation for health system

(5 days ago) WebThe Commonwealth Fund in a new report ranks Mississippi's healthcare performance worst in the nation, citing among its findings that the state had the highest rate of excess deaths in the U.S. between Feb. 1, 2020, and April 23, 2022. Mississippi Spotlight Katherine Mitchell June 23, 2022 Mississippi Medicaid, federal money, expand …

https://www.mississippicir.org/news/report-ranks-mississippi-last-in-the-nation-for-health-system-performance-during-pandemic

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Leaders are ignoring the Mississippi health care crisis. We aren’t.

(1 days ago) WebWe aren’t. by Adam Ganucheau November 8, 2022. Mississippi’s health care crisis has reached a grim, catastrophic, inevitable point. Hospitals are closing, and many more are on the verge. Already sporadic health services are being slashed. Hundreds of thousands of Mississippians cannot afford the care they need. Too many people are dying.

https://mississippitoday.org/2022/11/08/mississippi-health-care-crisis/

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Mississippi’s First Serious Bid to Expand Medicaid Collapses

(3 days ago) WebReporting from Atlanta. May 3, 2024. Mississippi’s first serious attempt to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act collapsed Thursday night, after an agreement reached by state lawmakers

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/us/mississippi-medicaid-expansion.html

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Brought 'to the brink' by the pandemic, a Mississippi clinic is

(Just Now) WebThe pandemic brought many small town health clinics to the brink. But health care providers say the crisis also led to more awareness of the health disparities that have long existed in rural America.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/21/1143138448/brought-to-the-brink-by-the-pandemic-a-mississippi-clinic-is-rebounding-strong

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In Mississippi, there are too many patients and not enough staff

(5 days ago) WebSome states are emerging from the omicron surge, but hospitals in Mississippi are in crisis. Demand for beds are up, but there are shortages of staff. Shalina Chatlani with the Gulf States

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1076552998/in-mississippi-there-are-too-many-patients-and-not-enough-staff

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Rural hospitals in Mississippi may soon close without state help

(6 days ago) Web0:03. 0:45. The future for more than half of rural hospitals in Mississippi is in doubt as the healthcare system faces a financial crisis, State Health Officer Daniel Edney told a Senate committee

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/11/22/rural-hospitals-mississippi-may-soon-close-without-state-help/69640246007/

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‘Poor folks trying to make it as best we can’: surviving Mississippi’s

(5 days ago) WebIn September, Mississippi’s state economist released a report stating that Medicaid expansion would add 11,300 jobs between 2022 and 2027, significantly reduce hospital costs for unpaid care and

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/16/mississippi-miserly-healthcare-system

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Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as …

(Just Now) WebKathy Knight, left, of Madison, and Kathleen O’Beirne of Ridgeland, hold a sign urging lawmakers to fully fund a Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan, while Jack Reed Jr., a former Tupelo mayor and a long time northeast Mississippi businessman, right, joins a group of small business owners who urged the same during a Tuesday, April 23, 2024, …

https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-medicaid-expansion-b45f2fdd31910f22a65b9e1f04a447d4

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The Inflation Reduction Act Will Cut Health Care Costs for …

(1 days ago) WebThe Act will cap prescription drug costs for hundreds of thousands of Mississippi Medicare beneficiaries, reduce health insurance premiums for tens of thousands of Mississippians by about $580 per

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mississippi-Health-Care.pdf

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PUBLIC HEALTH INDICATORS - Mississippi State Department …

(4 days ago) WebThe following final regulatory actions were taken by the Mississippi State Board of Health in FY 2022: Final Adoption of Amendments to the Mississippi Healthcare Data Registry System Created the State Commission on the 9-8-8 Comprehensive Behavioral Health Crisis Response . HOUSE BILL 927. Signed 3/16/2022 . Effective 7/1/2022 .

https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/29,19549,209,pdf/Annual%5FReport%5F2022%2Epdf

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Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi — What’s at Stake

(5 days ago) WebWe project that expansion would result in $333 million in reduced state spending on existing Medicaid populations over five years, as some of these individuals instead enroll through the expansion. In addition, Mississippi would qualify for the ARPA enhanced federal funding, which would provide an estimated additional $747 million in …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/medicaid-expansion-mississippi-whats-stake

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MSDH braces for impending hospital crisis - Mississippi Today

(1 days ago) WebState health department braces for impending hospital crisis. by Kate Royals December 8, 2022. The Yazoo County Health Department in Yazoo City, Miss., Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today. As the Mississippi health care crisis worsens and threatens to imminently shutter hospitals in the Mississippi Delta, the …

https://mississippitoday.org/2022/12/08/msdh-hospital-crisis/

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High Levels of Worry About Affording Healthcare in the Future

(4 days ago) WebOf the current 63% of Mississippi respondents who encountered one or more cost-related barriers to getting health care during the prior 12 months, 31% did not fill a prescription, while 26% cut pills in half or skipped doses of medicine due to cost. Median household income in Mississippi was $49,111 (2017-2021). U.S. Census, Quick Facts.

https://www.healthcarevaluehub.org/advocate-resources/publications/mississippi-residents-struggle-afford-high-health-care-costs-worry-about-affording-health-care-future-support-government-action

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The Nursing Crisis in Mississippi Puts Patient Safety at Risk and

(6 days ago) WebIn 2022, the Mississippi Hospital Association found that hospitals were missing a quarter of their total registered nursing staff. Moreover, over 21% of their LPNs, and more than 21% of their certified nursing assistant staff as well. The state’s RN vacancies rose sharply from 15.9% to 24.5%. RN turnover rates went from 23.5% to 31.9%.

https://nursenewstoday.com/2023/03/10/nursing-crisis-in-mississippi-puts-patient-safety-at-risk/

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FY 2022 Mississippi COVID-19 System of Care Plan

(9 days ago) WebChristy Berry, RN Director, Office of Emergency Planning and Response. David Hall, MA, NRP, CHP Director, Bureau of Acute Care Systems. Mississippi State Department of Health Bureau of Acute Care Systems 310 Airport Road South, Suite B Pearl, Mississippi 39208. PHONE: 601-933-2440 FAX: 601-933-2455.

https://www.msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/8575.pdf

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Racial bias did not shape Mississippi's water funding - TheGrio

(Just Now) WebJackson’s water system nearly collapsed in late August 2022 after heavy rainfall and flooding exacerbated longstanding problems. Many people in the city of 150,000 lacked water for drinking

https://thegrio.com/2024/05/10/racial-bias-did-not-shape-mississippis-water-funding-decisions-for-capital-city-epa-says/

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Preventing Liver Cancer in Mississippi by Promoting Vaccination …

(Just Now) WebDemonstration project strategies for Mississippi Provider education. Mississippi's cancer program partnered with the Communicare Haven House (Haven House) and Coastal Family Health Center, Inc. to:. Create and distribute three infographics on HBV risk and vaccination and HCV risk and screening to educate health care providers about …

https://www.cdc.gov/liver-cancer/prevention/mississippi.html

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Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit Jail Detentions During Civil

(5 days ago) WebIn just 19 of the state’s 82 counties, people awaiting treatment were jailed without criminal charges at least 2,000 times from 2019 to 2022, according to a review of jail dockets by Mississippi

https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-lawmakers-jail-detentions-mentally-ill

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MSMA urges action on health care crisis - Mississippi Today

(4 days ago) WebMississippi physicians say health care crisis ‘engulfs us,’ urge action. As emergency federal pandemic funds for hospitals are dwindling, the health care crisis in Mississippi is progressing, according to a statement put out Tuesday by the Mississippi State Medical Association. The physicians group is calling on lawmakers and state …

https://mississippitoday.org/2023/01/03/msma-health-care-crisis/

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THE MISSISSIPPI OPIOID AND HEROIN DATA …

(9 days ago) Web(SAMHSA).The program aims to address the opioid crisis by increasing access to medication-assisted treatment using the three FDA-approved medications for the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Data Source: Mississippi Emergency Medical Services (Mississippi State Department of Health) Provisional Data 5 711 797 826 750 0 100 200 300 400 500 …

https://pmp.mbp.ms.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/OHDC%20Report_Annual_2023_05.02.23.pdf

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Medicaid in Mississippi: the real cost of not expanding it

(1 days ago) WebA recent study estimated if Mississippi were to expand the program, the state would save an estimated $212 million by 2027. That money could be appropriated on anything lawmakers wanted — not just healthcare. The only major political player in Mississippi to signal support for Medicaid expansion is Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, who …

https://mississippitoday.org/2022/03/09/mississippi-medicaid-expansion-cost-work/

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Maternal Mental Health

(8 days ago) WebThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of a national strategy today, with recommendations developed by the Task Force on Maternal Mental Health, a subcommittee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Advisory Committee for Women’s Services, to …

https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20240514/maternal-mental-health-task-force-national-strategy-improve-maternal-mental-health-care

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Director of

(8 days ago) WebHis categorical pardon for federal offenses of simple possession in October 2022 and December 2023 lifted barriers to housing, small business loans, and more for thousands of Americans.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/05/16/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-director-of-the-office-of-public-engagement-stephen-benjamin-2/

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Mississippi's Health Care Crisis - Mississippi Today

(5 days ago) WebSupporters described the law, which goes into effect July 1, as a step forward in limiting jail detentions. We have launched a long-term project that focuses on the imminent crisis and potential solutions to it — including Medicaid expansion. Our project will, first and foremost, thoroughly define the extent of the Mississippi health care crisis.

https://mississippitoday.org/mississippi-health-crisis/

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Mental health care in 2022 - Mississippi Today

(1 days ago) WebMissouri (19.3% or 209,000) Texas (21.5% or 759,000) Furthermore, over 27 million American adults are going untreated for a mental illness or other mental health issues. Lack of insurance coverage contributes to this, but also a majority of people who do have coverage — 54% — still go untreated. Over 70% of children in Mississippi with

https://mississippitoday.org/2022/05/28/data-dive-mental-health-report/

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