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A group of Mississippi lawmakers made a final compromise to expand Medicaid in Mississippi and keep the bill alive for votes in the Senate and House. MS Legislature beats deadline by minutes, set ...
The plan would require the new Medicaid recipients to be employed at least 100 hours a month in a job that does not provide private health insurance. Mississippi lawmakers are expected to vote ...
In Mississippi, Medicaid coverage for pregnant women 19 and older is based on income. A woman in that age category who has no dependents can receive up to about $29,000 and qualify for Medicaid ...
Medicaid expansion would bring coverage to state residents with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level — $20,783 for an individual, or $35,632 for a family of three.
The House voted by a wide bipartisan margin in late February to expand Medicaid coverage to about 200,000 people who earn up to 138% of the federal poverty level, or $20,120 annually for one person. Mississippi has about 3 million residents, and its Medicaid program covered 374,823 people in March.
Read more about House Medicaid version Mississippi House passes state's first Medicaid expansion bill Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be reached at ...
In 2016, SCRMC was one of three hospitals in Mississippi to have their payments cut all three years that Medicaid had issued penalties for patient injuries. [ 4 ] In January 2022, after it self-disclosed conduct to the OIG, South Central Regional Medical Center (SCRMC), Mississippi, agreed to pay $92,793.81 for allegedly violating the Civil ...
Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, center, addresses those gathered for the Conference Committee for Medicaid Expansion meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Capitol in Jackson.