Expanding Mental Health Services In Rural America
Northern Ag Network
Expanding Mental Health Services In Rural America
By Leif Bakken
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) led a bipartisan group of senators to introduce legislation to expand telemental health services in rural areas. The Home-Based Telemental...
U.S. Senate Judiciary sends Wilson’s 5th Circuit nomination to full Senate with confirmation likely
Y’all Politics
U.S. Senate Judiciary sends Wilson’s 5th Circuit nomination to full Senate with confirmation likely
By Frank Corder
On a party-line vote of 12-10, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary passed the nomination of Mississippi’s Cory Wilson for a seat on the United States Fifth...
COVID-19 relief funds designated for hospitals
WTOK-TV Meridian
COVID-19 relief funds designated for hospitals
By WTOK Staff
WASHINGTON (WTOK) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded over $219 million in Provider Relief Funds to Mississippi hospitals. The funds are intended to help “safety net” hospitals that serve a...
FCC Grant Gives Boost To Center For Telehealth’s COVID-19 Care
Choctaw Plaindealer
FCC Grant Gives Boost To Center For Telehealth’s COVID-19 Care
By Submitted
JACKSON, Miss. – The Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is using a $1 million federal grant to speed expansion of services to meet the changing needs of patients...
Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act
TUE, 06/09/2020
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help financially vulnerable rural hospitals keep their doors open by expanding eligibility to higher Medicare...