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An empty hospital bed sits in an empty hallway of a closed area of the Delta Health System in Greenville, Miss., Tuesday, February 14, 2022. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today

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Under a new program, rural hospitals could get more money — but they have to end inpatient care
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/23/23-11:24AM , 529 Reads 8,061 Statewide
In exchange for monthly payments and higher Medicare reimbursements, rural emergency hospitals must end all inpatient care and discharge or transfer its patients to bigger hospitals within 24 hours of their arrival. Some larger hospitals in Mississippi are already struggling with capacity issues.
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Dr. Michelle Y. Owens, an obstetrician-gynecologist, speaks in support of Senate Bill 2212 during a press conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The bill would extend postpartum coverage from two months to one year. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Mississippi moms can’t wait.’ Doctors urge legislators to extend postpartum coverage
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/23/23-10:56AM , 632 Reads 9,769 Statewide
Flanked by residents and student physicians from all over the state, Mississippi doctors and the Mississippi State Medical Association had one ask for Speaker of the House Phillip Gunn on Wednesday.
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State rules for rural emergency hospitals finalized
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/23/23-2:00AM , 1249 Reads
Thanks to a new federal program, a few rural Mississippi hospitals at risk of closure might have been given a lifeline.
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Kings Daughters Hospital in Greenville on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The hospital closed in March 2005. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Slightly more breathing room’: Fewer rural hospitals at risk of closure, but threat still looms
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/09/23-10:24AM , 441 Reads 14,065 Statewide
A newly updated report shows that fewer Mississippi rural hospitals are at near-term or immediate risk of closure than they were three months ago.
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