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CON Loophole
Mississippi Board of Health Makes Changes That Benefit Methodist
When the Mississippi Board of Health voted 5-3 on July 8 to change the certificate of need (CON) process, the move put Memphis-based Methodist Healthcare a step closer to building a 100-bed acute care hospital in Olive Branch.
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Addressing the Nursing Shortage at Home
Service Helps Healthcare Providers Navigate Immigration Process for Foreign-Born Nurses
To address the long-term need for nurses in Mississippi, and to help fill shortages of nurses and other critical healthcare professionals along the Gulf Coast following Katrina's deadly storm on Aug. 29, 2005, a Louisiana law firm has partnered with a Gulf Coast immigration attorney to facilitate the immigration process for foreign-born nurses.
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NMMC Unveils New NICU
Innovative Design Places Emphasis on Family Involvement
TUPELO—Earlier this summer, North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) unveiled a brand new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Women's Hospital.
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On Hurricane Alert
Healed from Katrina Damage, Garden Park Prepares for Future Storms
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST--Four years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the nation's costliest natural disaster, striking Garden Park Medical Center and other medical facilities in its path, and dramatically altering the way healthcare providers think about hurricanes.
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Spokes of a Hub
New College of Osteopathic Medicine to Benefit Entire State
HATTIESBURG—At a June 11 program geared to physicians and medical community leaders in the Mississippi Delta, Darrell Lovins, DO, shared ambitious plans for the proposed William Carey University (WCU) College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) being built in the "Hub City" of Hattiesburg. The new COM will feature "hub site" satellite locations across Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama.
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| Best Business Practices Focus |
Physicians Must Negotiate for the Best Deal on Pediatric Vaccines
The Art of the Deal
Pediatricians and family physicians who regularly purchase and administer vaccines to children pay widely varying amounts to manufacturers for those vaccines, resulting in a drastic financial strain for some practices, particularly smaller ones in rural areas.
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AMA Calls for Medicare Physician Payment Overhaul
Medicare incentivizes physicians to improve patient outcomes and better manage chronic disease, and then punishes the doctors financially for doing just that. That's the Catch 22 at the crux of the American Medical Association's call for reform of Medicare physician payments.
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Randy Easterling, MD
VICKSBURG—When Randy Easterling was growing up in Long Beach, he spent summers on his grandparents' farm near Sumrall. One morning, the family discovered that his great grandmother, who lived with his grandparents, had died during the night. Because there was no phone in the house, Easterling and his grandfather drove the tractor into town to the local grocery store to call the doctor.
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