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Former ambulance service director accused of stealing

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:00:14 +0000

GREENVILLE — The former director of ambulance services at Delta Regional Medical Center has been arrested for embezzlement. Greenville Police Sgt. Michael Merchant tells the Delta Democrat Times Jerry Graham was charged this week after an internal investigation by the hospital found some discrepancies in the operations of the ambulance service. Merchant says bond had [...]

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Hospital planning new, $12M emergency room

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:10:53 +0000

NEW ALBANY — Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County wants a new emergency room facility. Hospital officials have asked the Mississippi State Department of Health to approve a $12 million, 20,000-square-foot extension on the south side of the hospital. Rather than expand the existing emergency room, Baptist wants a completely new facility with 22 patient examination rooms [...]

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Doctor’s license revoked for role in kickback scheme

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:29:18 +0000

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 Robert Corkern’s medical license was revoked.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 [...]

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PEER reviews trauma care fund, makes recommendations

MBJ Staff — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:57:28 +0000

JACKSON — In response to a legislative request, the PEER Committee has conducted a review of the revenues, distributions and expenditures of the Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund. The Legislature created the state’s trauma care system to “reduce the death and disability resulting from traumatic injury.” Participants in the state’s trauma care system are the [...]

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Health Department gives River Region lowest trauma level

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:00:12 +0000

VICKSBURG — River Region Medical Center’s emergency room rating has been dropped by the state to the lowest possible, meaning transfers of patients to other facilities might become more customary. The Mississippi State Department of Health lowered the rating from a Level III to Level IV in February, in part because of a decision not [...]

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Memorial Hospital named Level II Trauma Center

MBJ Staff — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:27:04 +0000

GULFPORT — Memorial Hospital at Gulfport has been designated a Level II Trauma Center by the Mississippi State Department of Health. Memorial is the only Level II Trauma Center in Harrison and Hancock counties. A Level II Trauma Center provides comprehensive trauma care to the community or region and serves as a referral facility for [...]

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UMMC ahead of curve on uninsured FQHCs

Amy McCullough — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:00:18 +0000

In Sept. 2008, the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson began an innovative program to match Emergency Room patients with preventative care physicians in medical homes. Now the hospital believes it is seeing positive results. UMMC sees more than 100,000 ER patients a year. More than 30,000 of those patients are uninsured, and about [...]

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