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July 31 · Issue #565 · View online
Providing you with the latest health care headlines almost daily. Carefully crafted by Shawn Rossi. Questions? Email srossi@mhanet.org.
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Paul Dillon, left, and Jason Lea, right
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Congratulations to Jason W. Lea, SASHE, CPE, CHFM, of North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo. He attained SASHE designation during the annual American Society of Healthcare Engineers meeting recently. The SASHE designation is bestowed upon those who have been ASHE members in good standing for at least five years and have supported ASHE in terms of education and leadership. Paul Dillon, president of the Mississippi Society for Healthcare Engineers & Facility Managers, an ASHE affiliate, presented Jason with the award.
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‘Leaving billions of dollars on the table‘
More than half of all rural hospitals in Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma lost money from 2011 through 2017.
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Hepatitis A outbreak confirmed in Mississippi. Here's what it means.
Since April, there have been 23 confirmed cases of hepatitis A in Mississippi. Hepatitis A can be prevented through a vaccine.
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CON Weekly Report for July 26
A new CON Weekly Report is now available on the MSDH website.
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3 On Your Side Investigates: Emergency Delayed
With each hospital closure, ensuring high quality health care for Mississippi’s most rural residents becomes that much harder, forcing small counties with dwindling tax bases into paying for ambulance service that may not provide the fastest response.
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[MHA Webinar] Contracted Services: CMS Hospital CoP Standards
Contracted services have been under scrutiny by TJC, CMS and DNV and the reason the CMS and TJC require hospitals to have a process in place to evaluate contracted services. This webinar will cover contract requirements for hospitals accredited by TJC, the CMS hospital CoPs for contracts, TJC’s contract tracer, CMS and TJC telemedicine standards, and the standards for hospitals accredited by DNV GL.
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Reeves holds $5M, Hood $900K in Mississippi governor's race
Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves continues to outraise and outspend all other candidates in the Mississippi governor’s race, with Attorney General Jim Hood raising and spending the most among Democrats in the race for the state’s top job.
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Rankin County 'kingmaker': Hometown boy Tate Reeves not a sure thing in runoff with Bill Waller
Irl Dean Rhodes, coordinator of a group of power brokers in the county who have met monthly for breakfast and politics for 16 years, predicts contributions would flow to Waller if there is a runoff.
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The difference between ‘old’ and ‘new’ campaign money, and what it means for November
New law that went into effect in January 2018 to prevent politicians from spending campaign funds on personal expenses places no restrictions on how money raised before that date could be spent.
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Poll signals Reeves-Waller runoff in GOP governor’s primary, setting the stage for high-stakes moments at Neshoba
Mason Dixon poll shows that 41 percent of respondents would vote for Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, 31 percent would vote for former Supreme Court chief justice Bill Waller Jr. and 13 percent would vote for state Rep. Robert Foster.
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In A Messy Democratic Presidential Debate, Facts About Medicare For All Get Tossed About
Candidates used their varying views on how to achieve universal coverage — whether through Medicare for All or more incremental steps — as a means to differentiate themselves from the field.
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Molina beats Q2 expectations despite drops in income, revenue
Molina Healthcare, one of three Medicaid managed care companies operating in Mississippi, on Tuesday reported second quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations on earnings and income despite drops in both measures. |
CMS proposes forcing hospitals to reveal negotiated rates
CMS would require hospitals to disclose payer-specific negotiated rates with insurance companies in an easy format for patients to compare among facilities in one of a series of proposed payment rules proposed on July 29.
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CMS eyes smaller 340B hospital pay cuts in case of court loss
The CMS proposed a much smaller pay cut for 340B hospitals in its outpatient pay rule as its court-mandated “remedy” in case the Trump administration loses its appeal.
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Telemedicine Reimbursement, Coverage is Better Than Ever
A new report from the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) shows that since 2017, 40 states and the District of Columbia have approved policies or received awards to expand telehealth coverage and reimbursement.
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Amazon, Cerner team up on AI, machine learning
Health IT giant Cerner and Amazon are partnering on artificial intelligence and machine learning offerings in healthcare. As part of the agreement, Cerner named Amazon Web Services its preferred cloud provider.
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RHIhub Webinar: Improving the Health and Well-Being of Rural Communities Through Collaboration
In this webinar hear how rural hospitals, community health centers, local public health departments and other rural stakeholders can work together to assess and address their rural communities’ health needs.
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Study: Broadband a Boost for Rural Telemedicine Use
In rural America, people in counties with better internet availability are significantly more likely to be treated via telemedicine than those with poor broadband access, a new analysis suggests.
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CMS pilot to give docs direct access to Medicare claims data
Physicians will be able to access historical Medicare claims data for patients under a new pilot announced by CMS this week called “Data at the Point of Care.”
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