Written by John Dillon Harris, MPH
During the 2023 Legislative Session, the legislature focused on the state’s struggling healthcare system and the post-Roe world. After the session ended, 424 bills were passed into law1. The Center for Mississippi Health Policy identified 33 bills that
were signed into law after the 2023 session that will impact the health and wellness of Mississippians; these covered areas from hospital financing and the healthcare workforce to maternal and child health.… Read more...
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HOSPITALS & RURAL HEALTH
Freestanding Emergency Departments and Micro-Hospitals:
by Zach Smith
In a recent report by Navigant Consulting, 48% of Mississippi’s rural hospitals were rated as a high financial risk. The reasons for rural hospital closures in Mississippi, as nationwide, vary as do the possible solutions. Reasons for closures cited range from insufficient Medicare reimbursement rates to low admission volumes. Rural hospital closures create a void in geographic areas that force people to seek care elsewhere, extend travel times, and increase mortality for time-sensitive diseases. States have … Read more...
Mississippi Health Information Network (MS-HIN)
Mississippi Health Information Network (MSHIN) was dissolved in 2019 when it was not reauthorized by the State Legislature. To learn more about MSHIN while in operation please read our brief and to learn more about HIEs currently in operation visit SHIEC.
The shortfalls of documenting health care services in paper medical records were realized broadly after Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast in 2005. Mississippi has since enacted policies to promote electronic health information exchange (HIE). In 2010, the Mississippi … Read more...
