Category: Healthcare Systems
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State of Play: Status of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill & Implications for HealthCare in Mississippi
To download the print-friendly version click here. INTRODUCTION House Concurrent Resolution 14 was passed by Congress on April 10, 2025. The resolution, which established the budget for Fiscal Year 2025 and set budgetary outlines for the next ten years, directed the House Energy and Commerce Committee to produce $880 Billion…
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Healthcare System Performance | 2022 Report
Mississippi Indicators And Healthcare InfrastructureThe Center for Mississippi Health Policy published a report, “Healthcare System Performance: Mississippi Indicators & Healthcare Infrastructure, Opportunities for Improvement in May 2022…
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Economic Impact of Expanded Health Insurance Coverage for Mississippians Below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level | Issue Brief 2022
To view the print-friendly version, click here. | To view the Technical Report from Hilltop, click here. | To view the Literature Review, click here. | To view the Summary Report, click here. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states have been granted the option of expanding…
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Telemedicine in Mississippi | 2017 Issue Brief
To view the print-friendly version, click here. Defining Boundaries for a New Frontier Mississippi has been an early adopter of telemedicine beginning in 2003 with the introduction of real-time, tele-emergency service connecting trauma clinicians at the University of Mississippi Medical Center with rural emergency departments throughout the state. Mississippi continues…
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Statewide Health Data Systems: Why Not Mississippi? | 2007 Issue Brief
Mississippi is one of only two states that do not currently have a statewide health data system that captures at least hospital discharge data. Almost all states collect and analyze hospital data because they recognize the value of this information to the states’ health care system. Forty-two percent of health…
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School Nurses in Mississippi | 2011 Issue Brief
School nursing in the United States dates back to 1902 when school nurses were used to intervene with students and families in the prevention and control of communicable diseases. The main objective of school nursing at that time was to help prevent absenteeism from school. Even though the responsibilities of…
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School Nurses in Mississippi | 2010 Issue Brief
To download the print-friendly version, click here. School nursing in the United States dates back to 1902 when school nurses were used to intervene with students and families in the prevention and control of communicable diseases. The main objective of school nursing at that time was to help prevent absenteeism…
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Building Mississippi’s System of Care | 2009 Issue Brief
An Interagency Solution for Mississippi’s Children The state statute (§43-14-1 ff.) that establishes and governs the Interagency System of Care for children and youth with serious emotional/behavioral disorders sunsets July 1, 2010. The Center for Mississippi Health Policy commissioned Mr. Cliff Davis of the Human Service Collaborative to conduct an assessment…
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School Nurses in Mississippi | 2009 Issue Brief
To download the print-friendly version, click here. | To read the 2010 School Nurse Issue Brief, click here. | To read the 2011 School Nurse Issue Brief, click here. School nursing in the United States dates back to 1902 when school nurses were used to intervene with students and families…
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Reviving Mississippi’s Trauma System: Trauma Care Task Force | 2007 Issue Brief
To download the print-friendly version, click here. | To read more about Trauma Care Systems, click here. Senate Bill 2863, enacted during the 2007 legislative session, mandated the creation of a Trauma Care Task Force to study the status of trauma and burn care in Mississippi and report their findings…