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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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‘Now is not the time to go radio silent’: Medicaid drops 29,000 Mississippians
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,07/12/23-4:48PM , 345 Reads 7,493 Statewide
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid removed 29,000 Mississippians from its rolls, marking the first wave of disenrollments as the agency reviews eligibility of its beneficiaries after the end of pandemic-era protections.
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Vicksburg hospital, evicted by Merit Health, is now closed
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,07/12/23-2:00PM , 336 Reads 6,585 Statewide
KPC Promise Hospital in Vicksburg is now closed, and the former medical director said community members are already feeling the effects.

The 35-bed, long-term care facility had leased space on Merit Health River Region’s main campus since 2018.
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Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Sy Holley, center, and Latesha Wells, case manager with Hinds Behavioral's Mobile Crisis Response Team, right, participate in a psychiatric call simulation during a training session at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl, Miss., Friday, July 30, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Jackson hospitals’ psychiatric beds are full weeks after St. Dominic closed behavioral health
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,07/11/23-4:10PM , 340 Reads 8,155 Statewide
Weeks after a Jackson-based hospital announced the closure of its behavioral services unit, two metro-area hospitals are too full to accept psychiatric patients.
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Registered nurse Terri Tolerations, left, gives Tiffany Wells a shot for her pregnancy at Lakeland Premier Women's Clinic February 13, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

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Mississippi ranks as the unhealthiest state in the entire country, again
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/22/23-4:44PM , 350 Reads 6,562 Statewide
For yet another year, Mississippi’s health system performance has been deemed the worst in the country.
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