by Associated Press Published: April 11,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, baby, birth, doctors, health, health care, legislation, legislative, legislators, medical, medicine, physicians
JACKSON — Lawmakers say a bill that passed the Mississippi House yesterday could lead to criminal prosecutions of anyone who performs an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The abortion restriction was added to Senate Bill 2771, which would set a prison sentence of up to 30 years for anyone convicted of child homicide. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2012
Tags: anbortions, anti-abortion, bills, clinics, doctors, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, medical, medicine, physicians, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life
JACKSON — The Senate has given final passage to a bill that could close Mississippi’s only abortion clinic. The bill would require doctors working at abortion clinics to be OB-GYN certified and have admitting privileges to a local hospital. The clinic’s owner told The Associated Press that all of its physicians are OB-GYN’s, but only [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2012
Tags: Cancer, chemotherapy, clinics, courts, doctors, fraud, health, health care, infections, judges, judicial, judiciary, medical, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — Mississippi health officials say none of the nearly 300 cancer patients they tested from a defunct clinic have contracted viral blood infections such as HIV because of care at the facility, which is suspected of diluting chemotherapy drugs and using old needles. The Mississippi Health Department closed Rose Cancer Center in Summit in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bills, births, doctors, executive, governor, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislative, legislators, Legislature, medicine, physicians, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that would require any doctor performing abortions to be a board-certified OB-GYN with admitting privileges at a local hospital. Senators passed the bill today, but it was held for the possibility of more debate. It passed the House on March 13. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says he [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bills, births, doctors, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislators, Legislature, medicine, Personhood, physicians, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life
JACKSON — One abortion-regulation bill survived and two died at yesterday’s deadline in the Mississippi Legislature. Supporters of the surviving measure say it could slow down or even shut Mississippi’s only remaining abortion clinic, which is in Jackson. The Senate Public Health Committee passed House Bill 1390, which would require any doctor performing abortions to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bills, births, doctors, health, health care, laws, legislation, legislator, Legislature, medicine, physicians
JACKSON — Two abortion-regulation bills have died under a deadline in the Mississippi Legislature, but supporters are trying to revive them. Senate Judiciary B Committee Chairman Hob Bryan says he chose not to bring the bills up for consideration because he believes they would be challenged in court if they became law. House Bill 1196 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 30,2012
Tags: beds, certificate of need, construction, expansion, health, health care, hospitals, medicine, Psychiatry, state agency, state law
JACKSON — Jackson HMA, LLC (d/b/a Central Mississippi Medical Center) has received certificate of need (CON) authority for the expansion of its adult psychiatric unit bed capacity from 29 to 47 beds. The proposed project will include the renovation of 8.405 square feet on the 6th floor of the hospital. The total capital expenditure for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 30,2012
Tags: babies, beds, certificate of need, children, expansion, health, health care, hospitals, intensive care, medicine, neonatal, state agency, state law
GULFPORT and PASCAGOULA — The Mississippi State Department of Health has found there is a need to expand the neonatal intensive-care unit at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport and add eight beds at Singing River Health System in Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports certificate of need (CON) applications were approved yesterday and work on both projects [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 27,2012
Tags: bills, doctors, health, health care, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, legislators, medicine, physicians, state law, tax breaks, taxes
JACKSON — Some new physicians in Mississippi could get a tax break in another effort by the state to attract more doctors. The House passed the measure yesterday, 120-1. It would allow newly licensed physicians to not pay state income taxes on income exceeding $100,000 a year. The break from the 5 percent tax rate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2012
Tags: acquittal, appeal, bench, bribery, conspiracy, courts, embezzlement, executive, health, health care, hospitals, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, law, legal, medical, medicine, nurses, nursing, scheme, sentencing, trial
BATESVILLE — A former Mississippi hospital executive wants a federal judge to acquit him or grant a new trial in an alleged medical kickback and bribery scheme. Raymond Lamont Shoemaker of Tupelo was charged last year with receiving kickbacks for nursing services, conspiracy, embezzlement and other charges last year at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. [...] [...]
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