Standard Poor #39;s U.S. Consumer, Retail, And Health Care Weekly Review (Feb. 9)
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A local small hospital is setting the stage for rural health care throughout the state as it continues to upgrade its facilities.
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JACKSON, MS (WDAM) -
This is a news release from Magnolia Health
Magnolia Health - a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation - has committed to funding a four-year, $120,000 scholarship with the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP), which aids medical students who are passionate about delivering primary care to underserved patients across the state.
The Magnolia Health scholarship was awarded to Elizabeth Fike in 2014 at $30,000 annually through 2018. Fike is a graduate of Delta State University and a Raymond, Miss. native, and will use the scholarship for her medical training at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Miss.
The MRPSP was launched in 2007 through state funding and contributions from private organizations. Each scholarship contributes $120,000 per student for medical school training, and the MRPSP provides $1.5 million in scholarships each year.
"As we explore innovative ways to provide better health across the state, it is imperative to focus our resources on strengthening rural health care to counties outside our major metropolitan areas, where the neediest patients live," said Dr. Jason B. Dees, president and CEO of Magnolia Health. "We must fortify the next generation of rural physicians with the education and training they need to change lives, and we are excited to award this scholarship to Elizabeth, who will do just that."
During medical school, each MRPSP scholar receives $30,000 per year based on available funding. Consistent legislative support of MRPSP translated to 50 medical students receiving a total of $1.5 million to support their education last year. In addition to the legislative support, four privately funded scholarships are awarded to medical students. Additional benefits include personalized mentoring from practicing rural physicians and academic support.
"We applaud the commitment from Magnolia Health to our future physicians, and its dedication to improving health care across Mississippi," said Wahnee Sherman, executive director of MRPSP. "The program is a long-term promise to health care and economic development in Mississippi."
The impact of MRPSP goes further than just providing health care to underserved areas - it's about being an active member of their communities and playing a role in making that community a better place to live, Sherman said.
Upon completion of medical training, MRPSP scholars must enter a residency program in one of five primary care specialties: family medicine, general internal medicine, medicine-pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology or pediatrics. The MRPSP scholar must provide four years of service in a clinic-based practice in an approved Mississippi community of 20,000 or fewer population located more than
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But after his retirement 10 years ago, Batts, now 64, and his wife, Wanda, eventually found themselves in a coverage gap. He paid out of pocket for insurance for a while but saw a steep rise in the cost for the plan and had to cancel it when he was still a few years away from turning 65 and qualifying for Medicare.
So they turned to the Affordable Care Act, an option Wanda Batts said they gave up a little bit on last year because of the difficulties signing up when the HealthCare.gov website first rolled out.
During a Jan. 24 enrollment event at The Wooly in downtown Gainesville, they were among the more than 40 people who enrolled in an ACA health care plan for 2015.
Its a great relief, Telia Batts said as he walked out of the venue onto North Main Street.
Local enrollment is up this year, according to figures released by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in January.
At least nine local ZIP code areas had higher enrollment numbers for the first two months of this years sign-up period, which began in mid-November, than for the full six-month enrollment period last year.
By contrast, the 32641 ZIP code in east Gainesville saw 612 people sign up during last years enrollment period and 570 during the first two months of this period.
People who signed up for coverage last year and re-enrolled this year count in each years figures.
In both years, the highest local enrollment numbers were in three densely populated ZIP codes: 32608 and 32607 in southwest Gainesville and 32605 in northwest Gainesville. In 2014, 32608 had 1,328 people enrolled in 2014 and 1,721 through Jan. 16. There were 1,075 in 32607 in 2014 and 1,248 through Jan. 16. Last year, 32605 had 886 and it had 1,178 through Jan. 16.
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'Texas Way' plan aims to cover 100,000 residents in Bexar County
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SAN ANTONIO - A group of area doctors has spearheaded a push to provide health care coverage for those who fall into an insurance coverage gap.
Doctors for Social Responsibility have come up with a solution called "Texas Way."
"The enrollees are going to have to come up with some co-pays, they're going to have to make contributions to health savings accounts, and so it depends on how it's implemented," said Dr. Jaime Estrada, president of Doctors for Social Responsibility.
Estrada was among a group of health care leaders joined by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who revealed their plan during a press conference at the Bexar County Courthouse Wednesday morning.
The insurance coverage gap is a problem that strongly affects the working poor. Those in the group earn too much for Medicaid coverage and too little for coverage under the Affordable Care Act and can't afford high premiums on their own.
"That gap is about 100,000 folks in Bexar County," said George Hernandez, president and CEO of University Health System. "That's a lot."
Doctors say a big concern is the fact that those without insurance don't tend to get proper health care and often go to hospitals instead.
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Star Hildabrand knows how much influence adults can have on children. It was her mother who inspired her to seek a career in health care.
So it is no surprise that Hildabrand is a big supporter of the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program, or that she chose to donate a $1,000 prize she won for her health care work to the Calaveras Mentoring Foundation.
For her to step up publicly in support of the mentoring program like that will have an amazing ripple effect for us, because she is loved and respected by so many people, said Kathryn Eustis, director
of mentor services for the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program. This will make us want to work even harder to serve this community that Star loves so much and honor her faith in us.
Hildabrand was one of a number of people honored Saturday night during the 2015 Golden Health Awards ceremony held in a ballroom at Kautz Ironstone Vineyards. Nearly 200 people attended the gala cohosted by the Mark Twain Health Care District and the Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation.
The nights first and longest-tenured honoree was Robert Campana, who was awarded the 2015 Golden Health Lifetime Achievement Award. Campana served on Calaveras Countys health care district board for the past 33 years. Despite having no prior experience in the health care field when he joined the board in 1981, those who know his work said Campana did a stellar job.
Bob has demonstrated extraordinary business practice and expertise that has resulted in a Mark Twain Medical Center that has grown to serve the entire community, and is still growing, said Calaveras County Supervisor Cliff Edson before he presented Campana with the award.
The 85-year-old, who never needed to campaign to be elected, decided to step down late last year, and intends to enjoy retirement with his family.
Hildabrand, a physicians assistant with Angels Camp Medical Center, was honored with the Healthcare Delivery Award.
I feel like there are a lot of great providers at Mark Twain and in the community, Hildabrand said. And I think any achievement award doesnt mean its just one persons achievements, its a reflection of a foundation of a lot of people. So even though it was an award to me, I feel like it was a combination of people I work with.
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English-speaking Quebecers will not be getting such a raw deal from the province in the newly-passed health care reform after all.
A long and tough set of negotiations to allow English Quebecers to maintain some control over their health care institutions in the Bill 10 reform has ended without too much heartbreak, the Quebec Community Groups Network announced at a press conference Monday.
The recently-passed health care reform initially threatened to greatly diminish anglo input in health care institutions but changes were made in the legislation to assuage some of those concerns.
The new law aims at cutting bureaucracy and saving $220 million from the provincial treasury while lowering the total of individual boards of health institutions from 182 to 34 larger-sized boards each known as a CISSS (Centres intgrs de sant et de services sociaux).
Some of the gains include the enshrining of bilingual status for two of the new integrated health and social services centres in Montreal, on the West Island and West End. The new health and social centres will include English-speaking representation throughout the province and English universities will also get two seats on the board of the university hospitals.
Eric Maldoff, the lawyer who represented the QCGN during negotiations, said that the group had little bargaining power but the Liberal government proved willing nonetheless to make some amendments.
Their message was clear: 'were doing this whether you like it or not.' So from there the challenge was to develop a scheme that could compensate to the greatest extent possible and mitigate the adverse effects of losing those boards. If we have good people on those committees, they will be as effective as any of the boards Ive seen so far and I've sat on some of them, said Maldoff.
Former Liberal MNA Clifford Lincoln, also on the QCGN, said that the situation now calls for able personnel to step up and fill the new roles.
The important issue is to treat this as a wake up call to be present and to serve and be open and fill these important positions," said Lincoln.
"Too often the positions are filled by people like myself, of my generation because there arent enough people stepping up, so this is a great opportunity for us to fill these important posts to represent our community to make sure all the gains weve made under this bill are fulfilled."
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Standard Poor #39;s U.S. Consumer, Retail, And Health Care Weekly Review (Feb. 2)
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