IntelliTrue and Community Health Center Association of Mississippi Announce Major Data Sharing Agreement:

It's hurricane season, and every family should have an emergency kit with supplies to meet its basic needs. But preparedness is especially important for older adults with disabilities:

Copiah County Medical Center hosts 3rd annual Back-to-School Block Party. Read more at:

The average person buying an Affordable Care Act marketplace plan would pay 75 percent more for their monthly premium if Congress doesn’t extend federal subsidies set to expire at the end of the year:

The $50 billion Congress set aside for the Rural Health Transformation Program covers less than a third of the funding that rural communities are expected to lose due to Medicaid cuts:

Pictured here: Layne Bruce, executive director of the Mississippi Press Association; Richard Roberson; Jan Collins, executive director at the Madison County Business League & Foundation; and Scott Catington, director of training at Southern Farm Bureau and Rotary President.

Thank you to the Madison-Ridgeland Rotary Club for inviting MHA President/CEO Richard Roberson to share about the issues facing our state's hospitals during its July 17 meeting.

16.5 million Americans have contacted the 988 suicide and crisis line since it launched in 2022:

The agreement enables bi-directional data sharing through the IntelliTrue platform, supporting real-time clinical exchange, improved population health insights, and stronger statewide interoperability.

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Join MHA Preferred Partner @VizientInc for a #webinar on August 7 at 11 a.m. exploring Vizient® Reserve, a program designed to help healthcare organizations proactively manage and overcome product shortages:

.@MSDH issued an alert that cases of pertussis are climbing in the state. The year-to-date number of cases in Mississippi ballooned to 80 as of July 10. That compares to 49 cases in all of 2024.

Rethink Mississippi found that, since 2010, 80,000 more people have left Mississippi than moved in, mostly recent college graduates. MHA's student nurse externship programs are one of the tools that we use to combat the outmigration of nursing graduates:

RT @strengthencare: In 2025, the Coalition has made unprecedented advocacy efforts. Thank you to our advocates who sent nearly 500,000 le….

Rural hospitals eye service expansions to weather federal cuts - @modrnhealthcr #giftarticle link:

As jobs in manufacturing have receded, the healthcare industry has more than replaced them. Over the past year, healthcare has been responsible for about a third of all employment growth, while other categories have stayed essentially flat.

A silver-level insurance plan costs over 10% of the median monthly household income in Mississippi, according to WalletHub: Mississippi is #6 on the list of 10 states that spend the most on health insurance.

RT @strengthencare: The Coalition - a grassroots community of more than 2.6 million advocates - is committed to strengthening access to ca….

MHA collaborated with @mshealthpolicy, @American_Heart, and @acscan to help clarify the nuances of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill. Yesterday, we held a discussion breaking down the impacts:

RT @ahahospitals: Study finds significant deterioration in U.S. children’s health: #AHAToday.