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Delta Regional Medical Center Urges the Community to Take Action:
Oppose the Proposed Tax on Hospitals

 

Local community hospital advocates for quality and affordable healthcare

 

 

Greenville, MS – Delta Regional Medical Center (DRMC) is urging members of the Delta and surrounding communities to oppose the Mississippi State Legislature’s Senate Bill (SB) 3212 to tax hospitals.

 

According to The Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA), the Division of Medicaid is predicting an $86 million deficit for the current fiscal year and is also projecting the need for $168 million more than the current appropriations for fiscal year 2009. The Mississippi State Senate is attempting to tax hospitals (with SB 3212) to cover the shortfall.

 

According to MHA President Sam Cameron, “Hospitals exist to serve our community, but we have to be able to keep our doors open – to make payroll, to have money available for capital and technological improvements, to continue to provide much-needed services, like emergency care, that often end up costing money to operate but are critical to our communities. Increased taxes, assessments and regulatory requirements on hospitals are ultimately passed down to the healthcare consumers.”

 

The legislative session will come to a close on Saturday, April 19, 2008, giving the community less than a week to take action and advocate for affordable and quality healthcare.

 

According to DRMC CEO Ray Humphreys, “DRMC is urging citizens to join our efforts by emailing or calling your State Senators and urging them to oppose Senate Bill (SB) 3212. This is a grassroots effort to help protect our hospital and our state’s healthcare system. DRMC, along with more than 100 of our state’s other hospitals, is concerned about the implications of a potential decision to tax hospitals.”

 

For more information about DRMC visit: http://www.deltaregional.com/.

 

For more information from the MHA and about Mississippi State Senate Bill 3212, visit www.mhanet.org and take action.

  

Delta Regional Medical Center, founded in the 1950s with the mission of improving the health of the citizens and communities we serve, is committed to serving the citizens of Washington County and the outlying areas with state-of-the-art quality healthcare. Delta Regional Medical Center’s vision is to become the best hospital in the state of Mississippi at which to receive healthcare, practice medicine, and work. For more information, please visit www.deltaregional.com.

 

 

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Mississippi Hospital Association: http://www.mhanet.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

 

My Care Matters: http://www.mycarematters.com/

 

Senate Bill 3212: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2008/pdf/history/SB/SB3212.xml

Breaking News

  1. 2010/08/25 Dr. Barber and Dr. Dotson Welcome Everyone to their Ribbon Cutting and Open House
  2. 2010/08/20 Dr. Steven F. Chapman Receives Honor
  3. 2010/08/16 Delta Regional Medical Center Welcomes Sabitha R. Pabbathi, M.D.
  4. 2010/07/22 Delta Regional Medical Center Announces Online Patient Pre-Registration
  5. 2010/07/12 Delta Regional Medical Center Announces Clinical Nurse Educator and Director of the NICU
  6. 2010/07/12 Delta Regional Medical Center Welcomes Thomas F. Adams
  7. 2010/06/30 Delta Regional Medical Center Announces the Opening of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  8. 2010/06/25 Delta Regional Medical Center Welcomes New General Surgeon
  9. 2010/06/11 Cindy Clark Van Woeart Elected to the LMHPCO Board of Directors
  10. 2010/05/25 DRMC Welcomes New Pediatric Physical Therapist
  11. 2010/05/24 DRMC Receives National Award
  12. 2010/04/28 The Pastel Package
  13. 2010/04/01 Delta Regional Medical Center Names Interim CEO/President
  14. 2010/03/17 Delta Regional Medical Center’s CEO/President To Leave April 15th
  15. 2010/02/22 Karim named Medical Director of DRMC Inpatient Rehabilitation
  16. 2010/02/08 Thompson Named Chief of Staff
  17. 2010/01/25 Dr. Neal Suares Obtains Board Certification
  18. 2009/12/22 Austin Achieves Board Certification with American College of Medical Practices Executives
  19. 2009/12/08 Dr. Jeffery Doolittle Receives Board Certification
  20. 2009/10/07 The Healthcare Foundation of the Tri-State Delta Announces New Executive Director
  21. 2009/10/07 The Healthcare Foundation of the Tri-State Delta Announces New Executive Director
  22. 2009/07/27 Mr. Ray Humphreys Appointed Chairman of Mississippi Hospital Association Board of Governors
  23. 2009/05/26 PET - CT Scanner
  24. 2009/04/02 Wound Healing Center National Award
  25. 2008/11/24 DRMC Cuts Ribbon on New Facilities
  26. 2008/07/25 Summer Safety Seminar
  27. 2008/06/02 Delta Regional Medical Center: “We’re Growing Too”
  28. 2008/05/20 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner to Address
  29. 2008/05/20 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner to Address
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  31. 2008/04/14 Center Welcomes New Physicians
  32. 2008/02/18 HEALTH AND SAFETY SUMMIT FOCUSES ON AGROMEDICINE IN THE DELTA
  33. 2008/01/14 DRMC Adds 64-Slice CT Scanner
  34. 2007/11/13 Sylvia G. Jackson Appointed to DRMC Board of Trustees
  35. 2007/11/13 Stiles Named DRMC Volunteer of the Year
  36. 2007/09/20 Whalen Appointed to State Board of Nursing
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