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In last ditch effort to stay open, Holly Springs hospital ends inpatient care

Alliance Healthcare System in Holly Springs is Mississippi’s first rural emergency hospital.

by Devna Bose March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

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Department of Health will choose state’s next burn center, Legislature says

by Devna Bose March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Field hospital to open in Rolling Fork after tornado left town’s health care facilities in shambles

by Sara DiNatale and Kate Royals March 29, 2023March 30, 2023

Lawmakers approved $104 million for Mississippi hospitals. Some say it’s not nearly enough.

by Devna Bose March 28, 2023March 29, 2023

Remember Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s plan to save hospitals? Here’s where those bills stand.

by Devna Bose March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

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Watch our video series, The Pulse, by Eric J. Shelton:

The Pulse: Supporters of transgender youth rally and express their opposition of House Bill 1125

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

The Pulse: Legislative Advocacy Day

February 8, 2023February 6, 2023

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Eric J. Shelton was a 2018 corps member in Report for America, and joined the team as our first photojournalist. A native of Columbia, Miss., Eric earned his bachelor’s in photojournalism from the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a multimedia journalist for Abilene Reporter-News, chief photographer for the Hattiesburg American and photo editor for the Killeen Daily Herald before joining our team June 2018. He rejoined Mississippi Today as our health photojournalist in January 2022. More by Eric J. Shelton

Read about the ongoing dispute between Blue Cross Blue Shield and UMMC

BCBS drops defamation lawsuit against UMMC

by Mina Corpuz December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Insurance commissioner suspends mediation between UMMC, Blue Cross

by Kate Royals October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

Sumrall man drops Blue Cross, fundraises to afford liver transplant

by Kate Royals September 30, 2022October 4, 2022

Nearly four months in, still no developments in mediation between UMMC and Blue Cross

by Will Stribling September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

Mississippian gets new liver after insurance dispute forced him to get care out of state

by Kate Royals August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Blue Cross sues top UMMC officials over PR campaign

by Will Stribling July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

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Medical Marijuana

Changes to the medical marijuana law are headed to Gov. Reeves’ desk. Here’s what they are.

by Sara DiNatale March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

Los cambios a la ley de marihuana medicinal se dirigen al escritorio del gobernador Reeves. Esto es lo que son.

by Sara DiNatale March 20, 2023March 23, 2023

Lawmakers want to keep citations of medical marijuana businesses secret

by Sara DiNatale February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Mental Health

‘Transformative’ mental health bill awaits governor’s signature, funding

by Geoff Pender March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Mississippi’s troubled mental health system shows signs of repair, report says

by Sara DiNatale March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

Should the state keep guns out of the hands of individuals with mental illness?

by Mina Corpuz January 30, 2023February 1, 2023

Medicaid

Q&A: Harvard public health dean talks Medicaid expansion and heartbreaking mortality rates of Delta mothers

by Kate Royals March 19, 2023March 20, 2023

Reeves signs extended Medicaid coverage for new mothers into law

by Devna Bose March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

Some worry thousands of Mississippi children will lose health coverage as public health emergency ends

by Sara DiNatale March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

Worker shortage

‘Leaving for greener pastures’: Mississippi’s nurse vacancy rates are their highest in at least a decade

by Devna Bose March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

Rising costs, contract work exacerbate nursing shortage for state’s safety net hospital

by Will Stribling May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

Mississippi needs hundreds of doctors. This scholarship program is ‘growing our own physicians.’

by Isabelle Taft April 13, 2022April 27, 2022

Abortion in Mississippi

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Is abortion legal in Mississippi? Voters could decide

The Legislature could place on the ballot a proposal to reverse the state Supreme Court decision granting the right to an abortion.

Then the citizens could decide, just as they have in six other states.

by Bobby Harrison November 27, 2022November 23, 2022

Can rape victims access abortion in Mississippi? Doctors, advocates say no.

by Isabelle Taft September 15, 2022September 19, 2022

Sexual assault nurses asked the AG’s office if Plan B is legal. They never got a response.

by Isabelle Taft September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Abortion pill maker drops Mississippi lawsuit with national implications, but fight isn’t over

by Isabelle Taft August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

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Jackson County selects Catholic nonprofit as Singing River hospital’s new owner

The decision comes after an extensive proposal period in which potential buyers put in bids for the Mississippi hospital system.

by Sara DiNatale March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Environment

Belzoni to Rolling Fork to Greenville: One mom’s mission to get her son medical help after the tornadoes

The neighbor had already tried to get her son admitted at the local hospital, Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital – the only hospital in the county. But it was full, and later lost power and had to transfer its patients to other hospitals.

by Devna Bose March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Health

Reeves vetoes health insurance bills that experts, watchdogs say would help consumers

Senate Bill 2224 would have given State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney the authority to study and address inequalities in insurance reimbursement rates, which Reeves said was a “bad idea.”

by Devna Bose March 22, 2023March 23, 2023

Health

The death of rural hospitals could leave Mississippians ‘sick, sick, sick’

A report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform puts a third of Mississippi’s rural hospitals at risk of closure, and half of those at risk of closure within the next few years. There are only three other states with worse prognoses.

by Devna Bose March 21, 2023March 20, 2023