by MBJ Staff Published: May 10,2013
Tags: build, building, clinic, construction, dermatologist, dermatology, ground breaking, health, health care, public health
HATTIESBURG — Dermatology-South, a service of Hattiesburg Clinic, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility. The new facility will be located at #3 Thompson Park Drive, just off Highway 11 in Hattiesburg,. Upon completion, the Dermatology-South facility will be home to Hattiesburg Clinic dermatologists William L. Waller III, MD, and Beth Rose, MD, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 8,2013
Tags: executive, funding, governor, health, health benefits, health care, health care reform, health insurance, poor, public health, state government, uninsured
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant says he thinks he can run Medicaid even if lawmakers don’t reauthorize the program or set its budget by the time the state’s new fiscal year starts July 1. “As head of the Governor’s Division of Medicaid, I will do all I can to continue and to provide Medicaid to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, breach of contract, case, contract, court, doctor, health, health care, hearing, hospital, judicial, judiciary, justice, lawsuit, medical, medicine, physician, ruling
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments June 5 in a Jackson hospital’s appeal of a $2.27 million judgment for a doctor in a breach of contract lawsuit. Dr. Adolfo Morales, an ophthalmologist, had alleged Central Mississippi Medical Center breached a physician recruitment contract in 2004, which would have allowed him to [...] [...]
OXFORD — The city of Oxford’s investment of the proceeds from the sale of Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi has earned about $1.2 million its first year. The city hired Glenmede in 2012 to handle the investment of the money. The Oxford Eagle reports the market value as of March 31 was $32 million. It was $30 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 1,2013
Tags: bed, certificate of need, clinic, construction, expand, expansion, health health care, hospital, medical, medicine, state agency
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued certificates of need (CONs) for three projects. Universal Health System (d/b/a Parkwood Behavioral Health System) in Olive Branch has received a CON for the construction, renovation and addition of 20 acute adult psychiatric beds. These beds will be housed in new construction to be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: accident, crash, doctor, doctor's office, health, health care, injury, medical, medicine, physician, vehicle
OCEAN SPRINGS — Four people were taken to the hospital after the driver of an SUV drove through a doctor’s office in Ocean Springs. Office administrator Donna Heitzman tells The Sun Herald at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday a man drove his Jeep Cherokee through the wall of Ocean Springs Internal Medicine. Heitzman says four people, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: abortion, abortion-inducing drug, baby, birth, drug, health, health care, legisation, medical, medicine, public health, state law
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that regulates the prescription and use of abortion-inducing drugs. He signed Senate Bill 2795, and it becomes law July 1. It says a physician must be present when a woman takes drugs prescribed to end a pregnancy in its early weeks. It also says the woman [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, employee, employment, funding, health, health care, job, layoff, payroll, public health, state agency, state government, unemployment, work, worker
JACKSON — Top officials at the Mississippi State Department of Health say they’re trying to prevent layoffs for 41 employees and 41 contract workers who were part of a program to help women with high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Mary Currier, the state health officer, said Friday that the social workers were told April 15 their jobs [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, governor, health, healthcare, hospital, hospital sale, legislation, public health, sell, state government, state law
GRENADA — Legislation that would allow the University of Mississippi Medical Center to take over a hospital in Grenada has been signed into law. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1721. It takes effect immediately. Grenada County has been shopping around the county-owned Grenada Lake Medical Center since last summer. The bill would allow the [...] [...]
COLUMBIA — Hospice Compassus of Brentwood, Tenn., has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a new office location in Columbia. The expansion will create additional access to comprehensive and compassionate care for the residents of Columbia and surrounding areas, and it will impact economic development in the community through the [...] [...]
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