Mississippi news and information

A dozen providers in a low-income part of the country will receive $5.4 million in federal funding to address a number of chronic conditions that affect residents there at a more frequent rate compared with the rest of the country.
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All Mississippians will have at least one insurance option on the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October.
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New Medicaid enrollees may be healthier than the program's current beneficiaries, but that is unlikely to relieve much of the pressure on providers as millions of newly covered patients seek care next year.
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People in 36 of Mississippi's 82 counties may not be able to buy health insurance through the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October.
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant rarely misses a chance to bash the federal healthcare overhaul as an unaffordable intrusion. But Thursday, he announced the state is giving $1 million to a federal contractor that will hire 1,000 Mississippians to help implement it.
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As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps.
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Republican governors backing an expansion of Medicaid continue to hit headwinds in those efforts, and it is unclear what lessons can be drawn from the outcomes experienced by two of their colleagues.
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Congressional investigators say pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise to oversee specialty pharmacies like the one tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak last year.
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Recent advancements in communication technology have allowed Brookhaven, Miss.-based King's Daughters Medical Center to partner with St. Dominic-Jackson (Miss.) Memorial Hospital to bring specialized diagnosis and treatment into rural areas where such care was previously out of reach.
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The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson recently posted a website statement to notify patients of a breach of health and personal data.
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