The Supreme Court scheduled Novartis’s petition on Mississippi’s 340B law for its November 6 conference. Novartis filed it October 2, and Mississippi’s attorney general waived the right to respond on October 20.
Mississippi posted a $9.5 million grant program to help small rural providers adopt or replace electronic health records. Applicants must not be owned, managed or financially controlled by a hospital system or an FQHC parent network.
Mississippi opened applications for its $16 million BRIDGE Innovative Pilot Program, with awards capped at $2 million per entity. FQHCs are eligible, and applications close at 5 p.m. CT on November 16.
Mississippi's health department will open BRIDGE Innovative Pilot Program applications on October 14, 2026, under its Rural Health Transformation Program.
Several coverage changes for immigrant patients land on October 1. Maryland Medicaid ends coverage for some lawfully present immigrants, and Mississippi has proposed limiting CHIP from that date.
U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. Of the Southern District of Mississippi granted Attorney General Lynn Fitch's motion for summary judgment in AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. Fitch (No. 1:24cv196)…
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid says providers that have not completed revalidation since April 22, 2025 will be included in a phased, CMS-directed off-cycle revalidation initiative.
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid says Mississippi is one of 15 states selected for CMS's Transforming Maternal Health Model and is inviting eligible organizations to attest interest in becoming Accountable Entities for the Mississippi MOMentum initiative.
Magnolia Tribune reports Gov. Reeves announced a second round of Rural Health Transformation Program grants — an EMS Capacity Assessment (deadline July 24), a Psychiatric Emergency Services program to help ERs handle mental-health crises…
WLBT reports U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson cut the ribbon August 3 on G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center's new facility on Grand Avenue in Yazoo City, which WLBT describes as a '$7 million…
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center’s November 2025 newsletter visually groups six named clinical staff under “Welcome Our Newest Employees”: David L. Webber, MD, family medicine at Clarksdale Clinic; Ericka Barber, certified medical assistant…
Amite County Medical Services' standing transportation page carries June 16, 2025 page metadata and says ACMS purchased gas cards for eligible patients enrolled in its Sliding Fee Discount Program to support travel from their homes to ACMS clinics.
East Central Mississippi Health Care's undated locations page, observed July 19, lists Sebastopol Medical & Dental Clinic hours of 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday, 7 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Friday.
G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center's undated Maternal Village PDF carries January 2, 2026 file and hosting metadata and says the program supports expectant mothers through monthly prenatal checkups, childbirth education…
North Mississippi Primary Health Care’s first-party news feed stated that Julie McIntosh, FNP, was seeing patients at its Corinth location and directed people to call 662-396-4406 to schedule an appointment with her.
Coastal Family Health Center announced the grand opening of its renovated Moss Point Convenient Care clinic on December 15, 2025, adding walk-in and scheduled primary care alongside its existing pharmacy at 7312 MS-63.
Access Family Health's current behavioral-health page lists its Smithville site at 60021 Monroe Street as open 8 a.m.–4:45 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 8 a.m.–8 p.m. Tuesday; and 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program's current funding page places the Workforce Expansion Initiative and Psychiatric Emergency Services/EmPATH opportunity under Closed Opportunities after their August 17 deadlines.
UMMC reports that the former Greenwood Leflore Hospital changed ownership on August 1 and now operates as UMMC Greenwood. Its current pages list 24-hour emergency care plus hospital, primary and specialty services.
MSDH's current program page says Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies services are available in Adams, Alcorn, George, Oktibbeha and Panola counties and provides an official online referral form, phone number and email.
Chartis's 2026 state analysis identifies 24 Mississippi rural hospitals, or 42%, as vulnerable to closure, down from 49% in the prior analysis. It says 12 Mississippi communities have lost inpatient care since 2010.
NACHC says the Community Health Center Fund's mandatory authority—about 70% of federal health-center funding—runs through December 31, 2026, while annual discretionary authority expires September 30, 2026.
CMS reports 313,392 cumulative Mississippi plan selections during the 2026 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period. Its separate monthly effectuated-enrollment dataset reports 255,342 enrollments for January and 191,631 for February.
Families USA identifies Mississippi as a Medicaid non-expansion state and models 67,000 people as becoming newly eligible in 2026 if the state expanded.
In an unpublished April 9 opinion, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of Novartis's request to preliminarily enjoin Mississippi H.B. 728, which restricts manufacturers from interfering with delivery of 340B-priced drugs to contract pharmacies.
The Mississippi Legislative Budget Office's final-action summary reports $1,170,096,815 in FY2027 state support for the Division of Medicaid, an increase of $165,227,038, or 16.44%, from the FY2026 estimate.
SAMHSA's current Section 223 page lists Mississippi among 10 states approved to launch Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid Demonstration programs on July 1, 2026.
Gov. Tate Reeves established the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program Office within the Governor's Office and launched MississippiRHTP.com, naming Richard Grimes project director.
The U.S. Supreme Court docket in Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. V. Fitch shows that Justice Alito extended the deadline for Novartis to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 2 to October 2, 2026.
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