Mississippi Business Journal » medicial http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Some lawmakers balk, but Medicaid expansion still has chance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/06/some-lawmakers-balk-but-medicaid-expansion-still-has-chance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-lawmakers-balk-but-medicaid-expansion-still-has-chance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/06/some-lawmakers-balk-but-medicaid-expansion-still-has-chance/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:36:56 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69295 JACKSON — Some state senators aren’t ready to expand Medicaid, but they are keeping the option alive for later in the session. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee passed Senate Bill 2207 yesterday. The measure reauthorizes the government health insurance for the poor. Committee members rejected an amendment from Sen. John Horhn, a Jackson [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/06/some-lawmakers-balk-but-medicaid-expansion-still-has-chance/feed/ 0 New CONs issued for health care project cost overruns http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/new-cons-issued-for-health-care-project-cost-overruns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-cons-issued-for-health-care-project-cost-overruns http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/new-cons-issued-for-health-care-project-cost-overruns/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:02:45 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=69024 D’IBERVILLE and JACKSON — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has issued certificates of need (CONs) for two projects. Greenbriar Nursing Center of D’Iberville has received a CON for the cost overrun to CON #0810 — relocation of 46 long-term care beds from Azalea Gardens Nursing Center. The approved capital expenditure for this project [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/new-cons-issued-for-health-care-project-cost-overruns/feed/ 0 Court refuses to reconsider hospital ruling http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/18/court-refuses-to-reconsider-hospital-ruling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-refuses-to-reconsider-hospital-ruling http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/18/court-refuses-to-reconsider-hospital-ruling/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:26:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63957 JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its ruling that the University of Mississippi Medical Center must follow the state’s certificate-of-need law. The court yesterday denied requests to revisit its June ruling. Mississippi’s CON law limits where hospitals can locate and expand and what services they can provide. The court ruled UMMC, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/18/court-refuses-to-reconsider-hospital-ruling/feed/ 0 Viking Range opening clinic for workers, dependents http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/30/viking-range-opening-clinic-for-workers-dependents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viking-range-opening-clinic-for-workers-dependents http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/30/viking-range-opening-clinic-for-workers-dependents/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:12:56 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=56505 GREENWOOD — Viking Range Corporation has unveiled plans for the Viking Health and Wellness Center, which will provide health and wellness services for Viking employees and their covered dependents on the Viking health plan. The health clinic will be in downtown Greenwood in a building owned by Viking and will be managed by Mississippi-based Medical Analysis, [...]

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