Katrina Block Grant Funds - Application Packet and Deadline: April 14, 2006
We have been notified by the Governor's Office that the Mississippi Department of Human Services has been designated to administer the Hurricane Katrina Block Grant funds. The Mississippi Department of...
View ArticleRule addresses Medicare financing for medical residents in disaster areas
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 7 issued an interim final rule with comment period that provides for continued Medicare financing of medical residents in training programs...
View ArticleProject Recovery Provides Services to Senior Citizens
Today’s senior citizens are a study, reliable generation. They have survived everything from the Great Depression to world wars. However, when a disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes, many may feel...
View ArticleLouisiana official describes how health IT assisted in wake of Katrina
A top Louisiana health official spoke in Washington on May 16 about the challenges of rebuilding the state’s health care infrastructure in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the ways information...
View ArticleThe Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005: Physician Provisions
The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act (GOZA) that was signed into law by President Bush in December of 2005 provides major tax incentives for business development in the 49 Mississippi counties that were...
View Article"Hurricane Katrina: a Nation Still Unprepared"
The bipartisan Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, headed by Susan Collins, R-Maine, recently published a report entitled “Hurricane Katrina: a Nation Still Unprepared.” In the...
View ArticleLessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina and Other Recent Disaster Events: Webinar
Lessons Learned from Katrina and Other Recent Disaster Events: Strategies To Keep Your Hospital Running When Another Disaster Occurs is an offering of Mississippi Hospital Association's E-Learning...
View ArticleFEMA to fund crisis counseling for Katrina victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $34.7 million to Louisiana to provide crisis counseling to Hurricane Katrina victims, second only to the $137 million it awarded for crisis counseling in...
View ArticleAds detail mental health services available to hurricane survivors
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Ad Council this week launched a series of national public service print and billboard advertisements to encourage people experiencing mental distress...
View ArticleProcedure for adjusting FMAP for Katrina-evacuee states published
The Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 25 published its procedure for implementing changes to the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for any state that took in numerous evacuees from...
View ArticleKatrina Block Grant Funds - Application Packet and Deadline: April 14, 2006
We have been notified by the Governor's Office that the Mississippi Department of Human Services has been designated to administer the Hurricane Katrina Block Grant funds. The Mississippi Department of...
View ArticleRule addresses Medicare financing for medical residents in disaster areas
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 7 issued an interim final rule with comment period that provides for continued Medicare financing of medical residents in training programs...
View ArticleProject Recovery Provides Services to Senior Citizens
Today’s senior citizens are a study, reliable generation. They have survived everything from the Great Depression to world wars. However, when a disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes, many may feel...
View ArticleLouisiana official describes how health IT assisted in wake of Katrina
A top Louisiana health official spoke in Washington on May 16 about the challenges of rebuilding the state’s health care infrastructure in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the ways information...
View ArticleThe Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005: Physician Provisions
The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act (GOZA) that was signed into law by President Bush in December of 2005 provides major tax incentives for business development in the 49 Mississippi counties that were...
View Article"Hurricane Katrina: a Nation Still Unprepared"
The bipartisan Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, headed by Susan Collins, R-Maine, recently published a report entitled “Hurricane Katrina: a Nation Still Unprepared.” In the...
View ArticleLessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina and Other Recent Disaster Events: Webinar
Lessons Learned from Katrina and Other Recent Disaster Events: Strategies To Keep Your Hospital Running When Another Disaster Occurs is an offering of Mississippi Hospital Association's E-Learning...
View ArticleFEMA to fund crisis counseling for Katrina victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $34.7 million to Louisiana to provide crisis counseling to Hurricane Katrina victims, second only to the $137 million it awarded for crisis counseling in...
View ArticleAds detail mental health services available to hurricane survivors
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Ad Council this week launched a series of national public service print and billboard advertisements to encourage people experiencing mental distress...
View ArticleProcedure for adjusting FMAP for Katrina-evacuee states published
The Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 25 published its procedure for implementing changes to the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for any state that took in numerous evacuees from...
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