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UMMC ahead of curve on uninsured FQHCs
by Amy McCullough
Published: August 1,2010
Tags: Emergency Room, FQHCs, Health Department, healthcare reform, Healthy Linkages, Michael Jones, Mississippi Healthy Linkages Project, Mississippi Primary Health Care Association, patient referral, UMMC, University of Mississippi Medical Center
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