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Drew Snyder, Mississippi Division of Medicaid executive director, gives a presentation during a Senate Medicaid hearing at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, November 9, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Very problematic’: Medicaid drops another 22,000 Mississippians, mostly for paperwork issues
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/18/23-3:58PM , 883 Reads 9,998 Statewide
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid removed another 22,000 Mississippians from its rolls in July in the second wave of disenrollments after the end of pandemic-era protections.

That brings the agency up to 51,967 disenrollments total during the unwinding process, with those numbers set to increase.
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Bobbie Ware, administrator and chief executive officer of the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, speaks about the medical center being designated as a Level III trauma and primary pediatric center and a Mississippi burn center on Thursday, August 10, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi now has two designated burn centers. What happens next?
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/11/23-3:36PM , 418 Reads 5,881 Statewide
The state Health Department deemed Mississippi Baptist Medical Center qualified to host a burn center, health system officials announced at a press conference Thursday.

But with almost half of Baptist’s burn center requirements not fully met and millions from the state Legislature in flux, there’s still a long way to go.
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Gulf Coast school district adopts dress code targeting trans kids
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,08/02/23-2:44PM , 350 Reads 6,815 Statewide
The Harrison County School Board approved a change to its dress code policies last month that requires students to dress according to the gender they were assigned at birth, the Sun Herald first reported.
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The Coahoma County Health Center in Clarksdale, Miss., Thursday, October 20, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Clarksdale health department, once possibly poised to close, gets a new building
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,08/02/23-1:46PM , 264 Reads 4,658 Statewide
Instead of potentially closing, the Coahoma County Health Department is moving to a nicer, newer home.
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