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Continuity of Care Key for Mental Health Patients
For Dr. Marshall Belaga, caring for senior citizens with psychiatric illnesses doesn’t end when they leave his inpatient center.
At check-out, the medical director of Rankin Medical Center’s Senior Care Program spends some 15 minutes writing out a discharge summary for each patient in order to provide continuity in care.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
CPA Notes: Basic Training: Mississippi’s 529 Plans
Most parents in Mississippi have been alarmed by the statistics showing the rising costs of college tuition for private and public universities in-state, as well as out-of-state. Congress, realizing this was an area of concern for a large number of American families, passed Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code authorizing each state to create a college savings plan to offer residents, as well as non-residents.
MICHAEL DENNY |
Grand Rounds December
UMC Policy Change Effective in 2008
2008 Heart & Soul Gala to Focus on Stroke in African American Community
O’Dell Named Chief Quality Officer at NMMC
More than 2000 Walkers Take Steps to a Healthier Lifestyle
Gamma Knife Center at CMMC Holds 20-Year Anniversary Celebration and Open House
Congratulations to the 2007-2008 MHA Society for Health Care Marketing and Public Relations Board
Thompson Selected as Presenter at VEITHsymposium™
Southern Surgical Associates Adds New Physician
Tyra Named New CEO at Rankin Medical Center
Medical Center Builds MomentUM with Kick-off Event
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Gulf Coast Center Seeks to Stretch Resources Post-Katrina
The community mental-health center serving four Mississippi Gulf Coast counties is working toward a plan to blend its services with that of a primary-health clinic.
The Gulf Coast Mental Health Clinic (GCMHC) in Pearlington has applied for a grant through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to forge an alliance with Coastal Family Health, a fellow nonprofit clinic also serving patients on a sliding-fee basis.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Gulfport Neurosurgeon Loses Fortune to Keep His Word
Dr. James Doty’s life story sounds like something out of a Horatio Alger novel. The son of an invalid mother, raised in poverty, he works hard in school so that when he gets to Tulane University he can work even harder, get into the medical school, become a doctor, and help people.
TED GRIGGS |
Hattiesburg Surgeon First in Nation to Perform Procedure
With more than 43 million Americans suffering from arthritis, total hip replacement surgery is not an uncommon procedure. Now, an alternative to total hip replacement surgery allows patients to resume many of the activities they enjoyed pre-operatively, while conserving more of their natural bone and helping minimize their risk of dislocation.
LYNNE JETER |
Intelligent Investing: Understanding Country Bias
Country bias refers to the common tendency among investors to overweight stocks and bonds based in their home country. This is true for U.S. and non-U.S investors. One of my clients with a balanced portfolio has a target allocation of 45 percent to U.S. stocks, while a pension fund manager in Denmark allocates 15 percent. Depending on their allocations to bonds and other asset classes, at least one and probably both are investing with home bias.
ROGER MUNS |
Legal Perspective: Upcoming Changes to Stark’s Recruitment Exception
Last month, we gave a general overview of the changes made in the final Stark Phase III regulations (introduced in September and effective this month). One area of change that may have the most positive benefits to hospitals and physician practices in Mississippi is found in the recruitment exception.
KATHRYN GILCHRIST AND DAVID DONNELL |
MDH Making Expedient Progress with Overhaul
While the State Board of Health continues the search for a permanent State Health Officer (SHO) and aims to hire an internal audit director, interim SHO Ed Thompson remains focused on quickly improving Mississippi Department of Health (MDH) operations and gaining greater funding in the 2008 legislative session.
NKS WESSMAN |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Max Hutchinson
When Dr. Max Hutchinson looked back after 25 years of building a successful heart-surgery program in Tupelo, he decided to do something unexpected.
He started over.
Since relocating his practice to Corinth in October, Hutchinson has been embraced by the smaller city located just 50 miles north of his hometown.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Wrong Doctor Sued, But Still Has to Pay
It was a case of mistaken identity when Ridgeland attorney Charles E. Gibson III first sued McComb otolaryngologist Lawrence Stewart. But, what started out in error has now cost Stewart thousands of dollars to defend his case. It’s a prime example that pits doctors against zealous lawyers with both digging their heals in and not budging on their own principles.
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
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