Authorities have confirmed five human cases of the West Nile Virus in Mississippi for 2019.

Memorial Hospital recently named Mark A. Gilbert, MD, FACEP as Chief Medical Officer. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, North Carolina.

Lainey Stevens of Booneville spent her summer at Magnolia Regional Health Center interning with the marketing and public relations team. Studying Integrated Marketing Communications at the University of Mississippi, Lainey worked to promote the MRHC brand by creating social media content, coordinating events, constructing parts of hospital magazine, and much more. 

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport recently welcomed Michael Diaz, MD, FACS, in the practice of plastic surgery. Dr. Diaz specializes in all cosmetic procedures.

Mississippi’s Republican gubernatorial candidates are on the attack.  

Roughly 95,000 more Mississippians voted in the Republican primary this year than four years ago, a 34% increase. This pushed Republican turnout over Democratic turnout for the first time.

Hospitals and health systems are demanding that the CMS set national rules for how insurers manage prior authorization and payment for pre-approved claims in Medicare Advantage.

RHIhub will be hosting a webinar on August 15, at 1 pm EST on HRSA’s upcoming Guide to Rural Health Coordination and Collaboration. Learn how rural hospitals, community health centers, local public health departments and other rural stakeholders work together to assess and address their rural communities’ health needs.

AHRQ has designed a new cardiac rehabilitation initiative called TAKEheart to help hospitals and health systems improve cardiac patient outcomes. Participating hospitals will receive step-by-step training on implementing a proven means of increasing cardiac rehabilitation among eligible patients, and gain ongoing support through individualized coaching and technical assistance; access to a 12-month virtual education program; strategic insights from leading cardiac rehabilitation experts; and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. AHA is now recruiting hospitals interested in participating in the free, 12-month long initiative. It begins January, 2020. The application deadline is October 15, 2019. For questions, contact cardiac.rehab@aha.org.