The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) recently approved its first 10-year extension demonstration under Medicaid for Mississippi, a move that will expand coverage for family-planning services in the state.

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U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper is not seeking re-election this year, after serving Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District since 2009.

Mississippi lawmakers are doing their homework as they get ready to write a state budget.

The Mississippi Legislature began the 2018 Regular Session Tuesday and Sen. Willie Simmons said transportation infrastructure and Medicaid are his priorities.

It would remove some of the restrictions on forming the plans.

We’re talking government subsidies, CHIP and taxes.

In new rule, Trump tries to deliver a health care promise

U.S. hospitals provided $38.3 billion in uncompensated care in 2016, up from $35.7 billion in 2015, according to the latest data from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals. Uncompensated care is care for which no payment was received from the patient or insurer. It is the sum of a hospital’s bad debt and financial assistance costs, but does not include other unfunded costs of care, such as underpayment from Medicare and Medicaid. It also does not account for other services and programs that hospitals provide to meet identified community needs.

Large health systems and hospital chains are urging the CMS to give them the same opportunities to more easily comply with MACRA as small practices get.

The American College of Physicians has created an initiative designed to promote physician wellness and reverse the rising rate of clinician burnout.

The analysts had previously predicted a negative outlook for insurers in 2018.