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In reversal on marijuana cigarettes, CNN’s Gupta says smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
Before he started working on his documentary called “Weed,” Dr. Sanjay Gupta thought the research backing medical marijuana was unimpressive. “I’m here to apologize,” he says. In a first-person...
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UMMC taps Kevin Cook as CEO for adult hospitals
JACKSON, Mississippi — Kevin Cook has been named chief executive officer of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s adult hospitals, effective July 8. A native of Miami, Fla., Cook had served...
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Gov. Bryant to address healthcare summit in Jackson
Gov. Phil Bryant will address more than 700 registered attendees tomorrow at the Governor’s Health Care Economic Development Summit at the Jackson Convention Complex. The summit is co-hosted by the...
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NMMC celebrates surpassing 20,000 open heart surgeries
North Mississippi Medical Center’s Heart Institute recently reached a major milestone by surpassing 20,000 open heart surgeries. Betty Graham of the Hurricane community in Pontotoc County became the...
View ArticleNew curbs on military surplus gun imports among Obama’s new firearms rules
WASHINGTON — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to...
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Staying alive: $18 million grant keeps USM bio-med initiative going
An $18 million grant renewal will ensure the University of Southern Mississippi and partner institutions can continue biomedical initiatives designed to have a lasting impact on the health...
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Feds cite Delta Oil Mill for 25 work safety violations, 22 termed ‘serious’
GREENWOOD, Mississippi – Federal work safety regulators have slapped the more than half-century old Delta Oil Mill with a $83,415 fine after discovering 25 safety and health violations at the...
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More people now exercise while they work
Glued to your desk at work? Cross that off the list of excuses for not having the time to exercise. A growing number of Americans are standing, walking and even cycling their way through the workday...
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Miss. lawmakers hear about BlueCross-HMA dispute
Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers say they hope the state’s second-largest hospital company and largest health insurer will resolve a financial dispute before patients lose care or...
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Ochsner Health System takes over Hancock Medical Center
BAY ST. LOUIS — The operation of Hancock Medical Center is in the hands of Ochsner Health System for 90 days. The board of supervisors signed a contract with Ochsner to improve how the county-owned...
View ArticleChaney obliging Bryant on probe of BCBS provider adequacy
With a U.S. District judge having invalidated his executive order, Gov. Phil Bryant says he will no longer seek to force Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi to re-instate in-network status to...
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Insurance chief says Bryant call for hearings on BCBS is premature
JACKSON, Mississippi — Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says in a letter to Gov. Phil Bryant that he thinks Bryant exceeded his authority in directing the Insurance Department to hold...
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Gov. Bryant may prefer Legislature instead of courts to face BlueCross
By Bobby Harrison JACKSON, Mississippi – Gov. Phil Bryant may not be ending his battle with BlueCross & BlueShield, but instead may be moving the contest to a different venue – a political venue...
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Kaiser: 204,000 in state can get health insurance tax credits
Once the federal government’s health insurance marketplace Web portal – healthcare.gov – is actually working, 204,000 uninsured Mississippians will be eligible for tax credits that can be used to...
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Tupelo’s NMHS names Shane Spees as new president/CEO
TUPELO, Mississippi — A national search for the new leader of North Mississippi Health Services netted a candidate that has strong ties to the Tupelo community. Shane Spees, a native of Tupelo who...
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AIDS-research pioneer, match.com founder are Innovate conference speakers
Innovate Mississippi’s 14th annual Conference on Technology Innovation features two speakers from opposite sides of the spectrum, but a lineup that Innovate president and CEO Tony Jeff calls “one of...
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Balch & Bingham beefs up to add new law practice areas
Birmingham-based law firm Balch & Bingham has added 13 associates to its roster of more than 250 attorneys and lobbyists in the Southeast and Washington, D.C., including additional attorneys in...
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Mississippi’s revenue buoyed by corporate tax collections
By Bobby Harrison JACKSON, Mississippi – State revenue collections continue to be strong, outpacing by 7.6 percent what was collected during the same time period last year, thanks in large part to a...
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State Attorney General Jim Hood hints at action against Blue Cross Blue Shield
By Bobby Harrison JACKSON – As attorney general, Jim Hood has displayed a willingness to take on big business, whether Google, BP, major drug companies or Entergy, if he felt wrongdoing was occurring....
View ArticleSmithville celebrates new domed gym-disaster structure as tornado recovery...
SMITHVILLE, Mississippi — Monroe County received a check for $1.4 million Friday to put toward the cost of building the Smithville school’s new monolithic dome gym, a tornado-resistant structure that...
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