PBS
Mississippi governor on how changes to Medicaid, disaster funding could impact his state
As Republicans in Congress negotiate the president’s policy agenda, states are preparing for the impacts on their healthcare programs and their budgets. That includes Mississippi, where nearly 700,000 ...
Becker's Hospital Review
Mississippi next Medicaid expansion target for advocacy groups
Mississippi is the latest target for Medicaid expansion, according to Forbes. Advocacy groups including the Mississippi NAACP, the Mississippi Hospital Association and the Southern Poverty Law Center ...
WESA
What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts
For months, Dr. Daniel Edney had watched his state's infant mortality rate rise. "It just kept climbing," he remembers. "We'd get another death coming in, another death coming in." As the public ...
KLFY News 10
Mississippi couple arrested for $162,000 Medicaid fraud
LOUISIANA (KLFY) — A Mississippi couple arrested by Louisiana Bureau of Investigation for defrauding Medicaid of over $162,000. Elina DeLeon,35, and Vincent Delon,51, of Carriere, Mississippi are each ...
FOX13 Memphis
Leader of Greenwood hospital says dispute with Mississippi Medicaid could lead to reduced services
Greenwood Leflore Hospital, plagued by financial hardship for years, saw a bright spot this spring when it was selected for a new federal payment status. But a dispute with Mississippi Medicaid could ...
Daily Journal
Mississippi would lose billions if Congress cuts Medicaid, report says
Mississippi will lose out on billions of dollars if Congress continues to advance legislation that would make deep cuts to Medicaid and other agencies to pay for a tax cut championed by President ...