State Incentivizing Healthcare Growth

State lawmakers enact Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act

  On the last day of April, state lawmakers approved legislation creating the Health Care Industry Zone Act, designed both to expand the healthcare industry and to.... Read More


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State Incentivizing Healthcare Growth | Dinetia Newman, Stephen M. Wilson, Health Care Industry Zone Act, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.
State Incentivizing Healthcare Growth
State lawmakers enact Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act

On the last day of April, state lawmakers approved legislation creating the Health Care Industry Zone Act, designed both to expand the healthcare industry and to create new jobs in a majority of Mississippi counties...


 
HEALTHCARE LEADER : Robert R. Lodes | Robert R. Lodes, Bob Lodes, Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, MSMOC, practice manager.
HEALTHCARE LEADER : Robert R. Lodes

Administrator, Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center

When Bob Lodes took over as administrator for Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center (MSMOC) in the fall of 1989,..


 
Partnership Concerns | Dr. Thomas Joiner, Mississippi State Medical Association, Health Management Associates, HMA, University of Mississippi Medical Center, UMMC, Dr. Luke Lampton.
Partnership Concerns
Physicians express concern about UMMC-HMA partnership

A partnership, touted as a way to increase the number of physicians practicing in Mississippi, is raising concerns with some doctors and healthcare administrators...


 
All the World’s a Stage… and YOU are the Lead Actor
love this quote from this emergency room doctor who has made a career of speaking to, and consulting with, healthcare providers around the nation...
 
Denied Again

Mississippi Supreme Courts upholds CON rejection of Madison County campus

In an ongoing grab for market share in burgeoning Madison County, some industry watchers believed it would be a cinch for the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn the Mississippi State Department of Health’s (MSDH)...


 
MEDICAL ENTREPRENEURS: How Healthy Is Your Practice?
In a medical practice, like any business, a keen eye must be kept on the bottom line. You want your revenues to go up and to keep your expenses in check. However, the success of an organization isn’t just about the bottom line...
 
Oncology Focus

The Forgotten Cancer Patients | Adolescent and young adult cancer, AYA cancer, Dr. Archie Bleyer, Dr. Michael P. Link, DEFEATcancer, St. Charles Regional Cancer Center, American Society of Clinical Oncology, LIVESTRONG, Moving Forward, Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Forgotten Cancer Patients

Adolescents and young adults face lowest survival rates

They are patients in the prime of their life – adolescents, college students, newly minted professionals, newlyweds and young parents. Then comes cancer...


 
Cancer Fighting Collaboration | Jackson Medical Mall, University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute, UMMC Cancer Institute, GMaP/BMaP, Tulane University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Moffitt Cancer Center, Emory University, Tuskegee University, Morehouse College, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Xavier University, Dr. Mary Ann Van Duyn, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, CRCHD, National Cancer Institute, Dr. Lucio Miele.
Cancer Fighting Collaboration
Multi-state research consortium making significant progress on diverse projects

Dozens of specialists and scientists from nine institutions gathered at the Jackson Medical Mall in Jackson, Miss., for a two-day conference hosted by the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Cancer Institute...


 
Compliance/Audits Focus

Coming Soon to a Covered Entity Near You … HIPAA Audits | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA Audit, Healthcare Privacy and Security, Breach Notification, Susan McAndrew, Office of Civil Rights, OCR, Covered Entities, HHS
Coming Soon to a Covered Entity Near You … HIPAA Audits
In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton...
 
Physician Spotlight

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: E. Thomas Cullom III, MD
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: E. Thomas Cullom III, MD
It’s an uncanny experience every time it happens. One moment, a patient’s head, hands or arms are shaking uncontrollably as he or she lies awake on the operating table. The next moment,...
 

No Progress in Reducing U.S. Motorcycle Deaths: Report
Title: No Progress in Reducing U.S. Motorcycle Deaths: Report
Category: Health News
Created: 5/22/2012 2:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/23/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Colonoscopy May Detect Curable Cancer in Elderly: Study
Title: Colonoscopy May Detect Curable Cancer in Elderly: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/22/2012 4:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/23/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Studies See Advances in Detecting, Treating Pancreatic Cancer
Title: Studies See Advances in Detecting, Treating Pancreatic Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 5/22/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/23/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Patients Prefer More Invasive Form of Colon Scan: Study
Title: Patients Prefer More Invasive Form of Colon Scan: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/22/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/23/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Asthma Meds May Be Linked to Irregular Heartbeat
Title: Asthma Meds May Be Linked to Irregular Heartbeat
Category: Health News
Created: 5/22/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/23/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Health Tip: What Triggers Your Migraines?
Title: Health Tip: What Triggers Your Migraines?
Category: Health News
Created: 5/23/2012 8:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/23/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:00 am CDT


Some People Compelled to Eat Things That Aren't "Food" - The Ledger

Some People Compelled to Eat Things That Aren't "Food"
The Ledger
By RANIT MISHORI The father who came to our family-medicine clinic with his young daughter seemed concerned. The girl, he said, had become a voracious consumer of books. But not in a good way. "She eats them," he explained, describing how she tore away ...
Some really do eat a peck of dirtStuff.co.nz

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Posted Monday, May 21, 2012 9:53 pm CDT

Bringing health care to the Austin neighborhood of Chicago - Wednesday Journal

Bringing health care to the Austin neighborhood of Chicago
Wednesday Journal
Caregivers: The Circle Family Health Care clinic on Division Street in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. By Tom Holmes When Dr. Bob Stannard received his medical degree from Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine in 1984, working and living east ...

Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:52 pm CDT

Box office - Corvallis Gazette Times

Box office
Corvallis Gazette Times
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Sean Spellman (Quiet Life), 9 pm June 1, Mississippi Studios, Portland. Admission: $20. Information: www.mississippistudios.com. Regional School of Ballet recital: “Bird Dances,” 2 pm June 2, theater, Corvallis High School, ...

Posted Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:03 pm CDT


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