The Mississippi Division of Medicaid and Shared Health, one of the country’s largest health information exchanges, have launched a system for electronic health records and electronic prescribing for ...
April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too.
Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Mississippi News Connection reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service Collaboration April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager.
The potential for Mississippi to expand its Medicaid program in 2026 appears unlikely, continuing a trend from the past five years. Gov. Tate Reeves remains strongly opposed to expansion, which would ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed new limits on how states use provider taxes to finance their share of Medicaid, The proposed rule, which is expected to affect seven ...
In a state where the obesity rate ranks among the highest in the country, many health providers were thrilled when Mississippi Medicaid in 2023 began covering GLP-1s for people 12 and older. Only 13 ...