by MBJ Staff Published: March 27,2013
Tags: appointment, doctor, healthm health care, medical, medicine, physician, public health, report, study, wait
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Time spent in the waiting room is often a benchmark when patients consider choosing a doctor. According to a Vitals annual report analyzing U.S. trends in patient care, the shortest average physician wait time in 2012 actually increased more than a full minute from 2011. And, Mississippi leads the nation in time [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 6,2013
Tags: doctor, economic development, education, employee, employer, federal agency, health, health care, higher education, hospital, job, job creation, medical, medicine, physician, public university, telemedicine, training, work, worker
JACKSON — A new telehealth delivery and education center will provide Mississippians with access to affordable, quality health care as well as expand medical training to providers, according to a joint news release from the Delta Regional Authority and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Center leaders estimate that the new Mississippi Delta Healthcare Workforce [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 7,2013
Tags: court, doctor, Emergency Room, health care, hospital, kickback, law, legal, licence, medical, medicine, physician, revoke
GREENVILLE — The Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville is looking for a new emergency room doctor after Dr. Robert Corkern’s medical license was revoked. Corkern was sentenced last fall to two years’ house confinement and three years’ post-release supervision for his role in a medical kickback scheme. Corkern pleaded guilty to bribing a former [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, contract killing, court, decision, divorce, doctor, exam, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, ruling
GREENWOOD — A mental examination has been ordered for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Judge Breland Hilburn this past week granted a prosecution request to send Dr. Arnold Smith to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, case, court, crime, criminal, divorce, doctor, health, health care, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, trial
GREENWOOD — A federal court hearing for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder has been rescheduled for Jan. 25 for U.S. District Court in Aberdeen. Dr. Arnold Smith was scheduled to be in court yesterday to argue prosecutors had no evidence to support bringing charges against him. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: attempted murder, bench, Cancer, court, crime, divorce, doctor, health, health care, judge, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology
GREENWOOD — The lawyer for an oncologist charged with capital murder says Dr. Arnold Smith is severely mentally ill and unable to adequately defend himself against charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn took under advisement a motion from the defense to send Smith to a mental health [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2012
Tags: city, clinic, construction, corridor, doctor, executive, government, health, health care, hospital, mayor, medical, medicine, municipal, municipality, nurse, physician
MERIDIAN — Mayor Cheri Barry says plans are being made to establish a medical corridor in the east Mississippi city. Barry tells WTOK-TV in Meridian the project is in the early stages. The city of Jackson has a similar project in the works. State law passed in 2012 will create medical zones across the state [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: appeal, attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, decision, divorce, doctor, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, physician, ruling, shootout
GREENWOOD — Oncologist Arnold Smith contends Attorney General Jim Hood had no authority to run a police operation that resulted in a shootout at a local law office. Smith argues in new federal court documents that police investigations are executive branch of government matters. He claims the attorney general is a member of the judicial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: bench, case, court, crime, criminal, decision, doctor, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kickback, medical, medicine, physician, ruling, sentence, sentencing, trial
BATESVILLE — A Batesville doctor has been sentenced to home confinement for his role in a medical kickback scheme. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Dr. Robert Corkern was sentenced to two years’ house confinement and three years’ post-release supervision. Corkern pleaded guilty to bribing a former Panola County administrator to use public funds as [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: attorney, bench, case, court, divorce, doctor, health, health care, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, murder conspiracy, physician, trial
GREENWOOD — The defense team for a man facing capital murder and conspiracy charges stemming from a shootout at a Greenwood law office is seeking to have a judge removed from the case. Awaiting trial is 70-year-old Dr. Arnold Smith. His attorneys filed a motion last Friday to have Judge Breland Hilburn taken off the [...] [...]
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