U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., recently appeared before the Senate Finance Committee to discuss the promise of telehealth and to encourage the Committee to continue its progress on the “CHRONIC Care Act.” The legislation includes many of the proposals inspired by Wicker’s “CONNECT for Health Act,” which would which would remove barriers to telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries.

A referendum on the future of OCH Regional Medical Center is all but scheduled after the Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk’s office verified more than 1,500 signatories of a petition calling for an election on the matter came from qualified county voters.

The OCH Regional Medical Center Auxiliary has been named Community Volunteer Group of the Year by Volunteer Starkville at a recent awards ceremony. The Auxiliary was also presented with the gold level of the Community Service Excellence Award. “After much…

During the recent annual meeting of Friends of South Mississippi State Hospital, May Watson, an RN at the Purvis behavioral health program, was named Employee of the Year.  

The Mississippi State Department of Health has just published its latest reportable disease statistics for the state.

A former executive at UnitedHealth says he was paid bonuses to make patients look sicker than they were, which led to bigger reimbursements.

Set and align telehealth strategy before focusing on specific programs and solutions.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said the House could tackle Medicare changes in the next fiscal year. 

Yet another reason to worry about global warming may be an increase in the number of women who develop diabetes.

Healthcare leaders are cautiously optimistic about the transition from fee-for-service to value-based care.

A Medicare backlog significantly holds up the audits and appeals process, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Innovation is growing more important to the hospital field, and H&HN’s May issue offers a number of ways to learn how to do it

Sharing data throughout a hospital, as well as with outside institutions, is vital to improving research and clinical practice. Yet, data registries can be underused. This is especially the case with pharmacy data, which can be shared among hospitals in de-identified registries to develop best practices.

Succession planning now can prevent operational problems later.

The Joint Commission has issued an inventory of FAQs aimed at clarifying elements of standards for four areas.

Concern over the national healthcare system is rising, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Obamacare’s SHOP program for small businesses covers fewer than 233,000 people nationwide.

The Trump administration will allow small businesses to sign up for insurance coverage directly through an insurance agent or broker instead of through ObamaCare’s healthcare.gov. 

The Trump administration said it would no longer make enrollment for small-business plans available on Healthcare.gov, a change that signals the administration’s movement on a pledge to scale back parts of the Affordable Care Act.

The AARP and the American Medical Association have deep qualms about the bill to repeal and replace major parts of Obamacare that passed the House.

Overall 66 percent said they disapprove of Trump’s handling of healthcare, while 32 percent said they approve of it.

Republican senators are grappling this week with how they can find consensus between their moderate and conservative factions on health care while still managing to get the 50 votes they need to gut the Affordable Care Act.