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Biokua joins CMMC

MBJ Staff — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 06:01:36 +0000

Wanda Mangum Biokua has joined Central Mississippi Medical Center as director of imaging services. Biokua has more than 20 years of healthcare experience, most specifically in the area of strategic planning, business development and implementing new programs in imaging services. Prior to joining CMMC, she was employed in a similar position at Nyack Hospital in [...]

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CMMC taps Watts

MBJ Staff — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:01:11 +0000

Wendell Watts recently joined Central Mississippi Medical Center as the new director of security. Watts comes to CMMC from the Jackson Police Department, where he served with honor for 20 years, most recently as commander for Precinct Four, which includes north Jackson and the thriving Fondren district. During his tenure at JPD, Watts led multiple [...]

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Q&A: Denny Bruns, River Oaks Hospital

Amy McCullough — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:01:00 +0000

Dennis R. “Denny” Bruns has served as president and CEO/president of River Oaks Hospital for more than three years. Bruns earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry and a master’s in health care administration degree from Indiana University. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Prior to joining River Oaks, he served [...]

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Read the Dec. 12 issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:21:47 +0000

In this week’s MBJ — MERGER MANIA: Wally Northway delves into an issue that is sweeping the nation and is playing an integral role in the way the landscape of law looks in Mississippi. Also in this week’s paper: >> HEALTHCARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST?: What does a partnership between a state-supported academic medical center and [...]

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St. Dominic’s Madison hospital plans denied again

Amy McCullough — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:33:48 +0000

Hospital may appeal ruling to state Supreme Court JACKSON — Wednesday Madison County Chancery Court upheld the state Health Department’s August decision to deny St. Dominic Hospital’s Certificate of Need (CON) application for an expansion of its hospital into Madison County. St. Dominic’s is studying the decision to determine its next steps, said Paul Arrington, [...]

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St. Dominic Madison hospital denied by Health Dept.

Amy McCullough — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:59:31 +0000

See related story: Big Money at Stake – Aug. 16, 2010 State Health Officer Dr. Mary Currier has denied St. Dominic’s request to move 71 of its Jackson beds to Madison and construct a new $121 million facility. St. Dominic says it will appeal the decision in Hinds County Chancery Court. Currier agreed with previous [...]

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Big money at stake

Amy McCullough — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:04:48 +0000

As St. Dominic’s fight for Madison continues, it raises the question of whether hospitals should be allowed to follow urban sprawl A recent decision by a state Health Department officer recommending that St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson not be allowed to move some of its acute care beds closer to its Madison patients brings up [...]

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