Current Mississippi Medical News

PAD Relief | St. Dominic’s, St. Dominic Hospital, Dr. John B. Simpson, Ocelot, CONNECT II, Dr. William Crowder, Jackson Heart Clinic, Dr. Gray Bennett, Dr. Huey McDaniel.
PAD Relief

St. Dominic is among first few hospitals worldwide selected to participate in limb-saving global clinical tria

Earlier this spring, St. Dominic’s was selected as the first hospital in Mississippi and only the second one in the United States to participate in CONNECT II,..


 
Making the Leap
Making the Leap

Two physicians climb aboard with Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center

The three R’s – reputation, research and relationships – lured two new physicians to one of Mississippi’s largest sports medicine and orthopaedic centers...


 
Tax-free Money | Mississippi Legislature, House Bill 1547, Mississippi Rural Physician Scholarship Program.
Tax-free Money
Mississippi passes tax break to lure doctors to rural area

Some new physicians in Mississippi may be getting a tax break beginning July 1, in another move by the state to address the shortage of doctors, primarily in rural areas...


 
Emergency Room Discharges | Timothy R. Bone, MedMal Direct Insurance.
Emergency Room Discharges
Subhead: How to avoid litigious situations

Studies show that as many as 40 percent of patients don’t follow the doctor’s advice!

The alarming statistic gives pause to risk managers,...

 
Your Table is Waiting
“Mr. Good, we just wanted to let you know that there are five different parties of guests all finishing dessert and paying their bills. I am sorry this has taken longer than we expected,...
 
Establishing and Maintaining Fair Market Value Physician Compensation
As a result of the current economic and regulatory environment, physician-hospital integration is on the rise, particularly physician recruitment and employment by hospitals...
 
Improving Cash Flow | Transworld Systems, Dewayne Calloway, Gary Loring.
Improving Cash Flow

Transworld Systems focuses on healthcare industry

In the last decade, Transworld Systems has recovered more than $6 billion for 60,000-plus clients. One-third of those clients represent the medical industry...


 
MEDICAL ENTREPRENEURS: The Main Thing
In the 1991 box office hit City Slickers, Billy Crystal’s character Mitch Robbins is going through a mid-life crisis. His two buddies played by Daniel Stern...
 
Recruiting Focus

Allied Health Shortage a Recruiting Challenge | Shortage of allied-health professionals, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions, Medical Group Management Association, Kenneth T. Hertz, Harold Jones, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Allied Health Shortage a Recruiting Challenge
Experts offer tips to lure young graduates

While shortages of doctors and nurses are well documented, the shortage of professionals in allied health is also causing recruiting headaches for hospitals, clinics and group practices...


 
Nursing/Physician Assistants Focus

Utilizing Physician/PA Teams to Improve Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction | Physician Assistants, PA, Ann Davis, Sandy Harding, American Association of Physician Assistants, AAPA
Utilizing Physician/PA Teams to Improve Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction
Although physician assistants are relative newcomers to the healthcare field, they have carved out a niche as one of three primary care providers, along with physicians and advance practice nurses...
 
Maximum Impact | Scope of Practice, Physician Assistants, Advance Practice Nurses, PA, APRN, APN, Lisa Summers, Ann Davis, Sandy Harding, American Association of Physician Assistants, AAPA, American Nurses Association, ANA
Maximum Impact
Continuing the quest for the least restrictive practice environment

Scope of practice … three small words that invoke passionate responses within the practice setting.

In the trenches, physicians and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) typically have a highly-collegial,..

 
The PA Factor |  
Lisa Shock, Utilization Solutions in Healthcare, PA recruitment, NP
The PA Factor
Attracting and keeping a great PA/NP is an art form In the tsunami of change resulting from sweeping healthcare reform in the United States, two integral, highly skilled medical roles have risen to the forefront of healthcare delivery:...
 
Physician Spotlight

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Kirk Eddleman, MD
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Kirk Eddleman, MD
When an acute need for specialty services intersects with a great quality of life, finding the right community to begin your practice is easy...
 
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