Are you having issues with nurse retention? Be sure to join us next week for the joint meeting of the
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September 6 · Issue #578 · 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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Are you having issues with nurse retention? Be sure to join us next week for the joint meeting of the MHA’s Organization of Nurse Executives and the MHA Society for Healthcare Quality. We will look at Mississippi’s nurse turnover rates and panelists will address what they are doing to increase nurse retention at their hospitals. Find our more: https://www.mhanet.org/Shared_Content/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=190913.
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National telehealth accreditation affirms quality of UMMC's patient care
The Center for Telehealth is dedicated to giving Mississippians access to much-needed patient care, whether from a primary care provider or a specialist.
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More medical industry jobs coming to Southaven, MS, as leaders celebrate 2nd major announcement in weeks
For the second time in less than a month, a major medical company announces it’s setting up shot and adding hundreds of jobs in Southaven, Mississippi. Fresenius Medical Care broke ground on the massive Spectra Laboratories, which will provide a range of kidney treatment care.
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Republicans Hosemann, Reeves at odds over Medicaid, teacher pay and gas tax. So how might they work together in the Legislature?
Delbert Hosemann, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, this week sidestepped questions about endorsing Tate Reeves and criticized how the Legislature has been run
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Letters Show Hood Warned State About Mental Health Crisis for Years
Hours after a federal judge ruled that the State of Mississippi’s mental-health system violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood told reporters that he “knew this was coming.”
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Hood, Reeves clash over state losing mental health lawsuit
“We have had options … They buried their heads in the sand,“ Hood said, but Reeves’ campaign countered "this blame game is just more partisan politics from a liberal Democrat.”
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SALTER: Issues the same, framing will be different as Reeves-Hood showdown looms in November
Mississippi’s 2019 gubernatorial ballot is now solidified and while the issues remain basically unchanged since the primaries, the framing for the Nov. 5 will be different.
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Bill Waller says he will not endorse Tate Reeves in governor’s race: 'I am staying out of the general election'
State Republican Party officials worked the phones after last week’s runoff in an effort to get endorsements from Waller and his allies and to unify the GOP electorate ahead of the Nov. 5 general election against Attorney General Jim Hood.
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Mississippi voters, women AG candidates poised to make history in November
State Treasurer Lynn Fitch and Jennifer Riley-Collins, her general election opponent, are vying to become the state’s first woman to hold attorney general position
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District 50 Senate seat headed to a re-vote
The extremely contested Senate District 50 race will head to a re-election of split precincts.
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Mortality rises when ERs close, forcing patients to drive further
Patients forced to drive 30 minutes or more to a nearby emergency department after a closure near them risk negative health outcomes, particularly when the next closest facility is considered a high-occupancy hospital, according to a new study in Health Affairs that examines more than 1.1 million patient encounters across 3,720 hospitals between 2001 and 2013.
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AHA, Intel urge FCC to broaden rural telehealth pilot participation
Stakeholders from the healthcare and technology sectors — including players like the American Hospital Association, the American Physical Therapy Association and Verizon — submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission overwhelmingly supporting its rural telehealth pilot, with many advising broader eligibility requirements for healthcare providers.
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CMS targets healthcare providers' affiliates in new rule
The new rule going into effect Nov. 4 will allow the CMS to revoke Medicare enrollment for individuals and organizations that work with other sanctioned entities.
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Medicare Advantage has little impact on traditional Medicare spending
Healthcare experts hoped that increased Medicare Advantage market share would drive down traditional, fee-for-service Medicare spending. New MedPAC research shows it probably won’t.
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2019 Accountable Care Symposium
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Tips for Addressing the Most Challenging Standards for AHC and OBS: Jan.-June 2019
Information on all things ambulatory from The Joint Commission
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