Current Mississippi Medical News http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?NewsSectionId=71 Bondare 3.0 RSSBuilder Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:25:56 -0500 susan@medicalnewsinc.com (Mississippi Medical News) All contents Copyright © 1993-2008 Medical News Inc. and SouthComm Communications Inc. Starling's Star http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1405 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1405 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 ANA Honors NMMC RN with Prestigious Award
TUPELO—Mantachie resident and registered nurse Jan Starling cannot recall a time, even in early childhood, when she didn't think about becoming a nurse.]]> Healthcare Reform Affects Medicare Patients and the Under 65 Set Differently http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1404 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1404 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 How to Answer Questions from Your Patients
If you’re a physician, chances are you have already fielded a bevy of questions from patients about healthcare reform. Rest assured, the questions will keep coming. Experts say that doctors need to be up to speed, and fast, about how reform will affect their patients’ healthcare and their insurance options in the future.]]> Avoiding Danger in the Workplace http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1406 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1406 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 Bureau of Labor Statistics Shows Higher Incidents of Violence in Healthcare Settings
Every year, thousands of workers in the healthcare and social services industries are confronted with threats of violence and actual assaults.]]> Sometimes I Wish Something Could Just Stay the Same http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1407 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1407 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 Version 5010 Transition for Electronic Claims Submission
With almost 100 percent of Medicare Part A claim transactions being submitted electronically (and just over 96 percent of the Part B claims) using the Version 4010/4010A1 of healthcare standards, payers and providers must implement, test and transition to the 5010 Version transaction to be compliant with HIPAA no later than January 1, 2012.]]> Lending a Neighborly Hand http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1408 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1408 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 Mississippi Medicaid Funds Boost The MED
Mississippi will soon give the Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED) a financial bump, thanks to newly-approved Medicaid supplemental payments to the regional safety-net hospital that treats more than 3,000 Mississippians annually.]]> Medicaid Expansion Under Health Care Reform: Fly Over View http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1409 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1409 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 Strength with Grace http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1410 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1410 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 Wesley Honors Strong Women in the Pine Belt
HATTIESBURG—A college student self-tasked with waging war on classroom bullying, a broker who shares her talents and time with those less fortunate, and a computer science instructor who has encouraged thousands of students were among the women honored on May 11 at the Celebration of Strong Women Awards Luncheon in Hattiesburg.]]> How to Develop a High-Performance Team http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1411 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1411 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 The Guardian http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1412 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1412 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 John Sutton Trains Healthcare Providers on Safety, Security, Self-Defense
NEW ORLEANS—After honing skills in martial arts and boxing during the early 1990s, John Sutton was approached by several nurses working in home care, asking him to teach them self-defense techniques and to accompany them to troublesome houses.]]> Clinical eHarmony http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1413 http://mississippi.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1413 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0500 Compatibility of New Hire to Practice Requires Skill, Patience, Tenacity
What characteristics are being sought in the next person to be hired in the clinic? Will they be matched with the clinic in 29 areas of compatibility? No?]]>