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Medicaid advisory committee again delayed over concerns about federal law compliance
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,11/13/24-3:31PM , 166 Reads 6,173 Statewide
The next meeting of a committee tasked with advising the Mississippi Division of Medicaid will be delayed further while the agency sorts out a possible discrepancy between state law and new federal regulations, despite the fact that the state is not required to comply with the new rules until July of next year.
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Medications are lined up on a shelf at Brandon Discount Drugs in Brandon, Miss., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Independent pharmacies are facing financial challenges due to reduced reimbursements from the companies that serve as middlemen between pharmacies, drug manufacturers and insurers. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Optum audit shows possible law violation, lower payments to independent pharmacies
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,11/07/24-12:01PM , 168 Reads 5,406 Statewide
The findings of a recent audit of a major company that manages prescription benefits revealed it may have violated Mississippi law.
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Drew Snyder, Mississippi Division of Medicaid executive director, answers questions from the media after Gov. Tate Reeves announced his plans for a series of Medicaid reimbursement reforms during a press conference at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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New health care coalition forms, including hospitals that left state hospital association
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,11/06/24-5:41PM , 261 Reads 8,102 Statewide
A new health care alliance will unite several of Mississippi’s largest hospital systems – all of which left the state hospital association following controversy over Medicaid expansion – under the umbrella of one of the state’s largest and most influential lobbying firms.
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Man with no criminal charges died from a complication of diabetes in Alcorn County Jail
By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,10/31/24-6:11PM , 153 Reads 5,658 Statewide
James Tatsch had no criminal charges pending against him when he died in jail from a complication of diabetes.
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