Know It to Beat It: Breast Cancer Lunch and Learn Webinars msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_stat…

We’re going pink for breast cancer awareness! Thanks to American Cancer Society Society for joining us with their Big Pink Chair to highlight screenings and risk factors. Check out photos from this morning at Methodist North Hospital!

📢 2025 Health Facilities Update: Licensure & Certification — On October 23, MHA and @MSDH will host a vital update session, with remote attendance available too. Learn more and register here: mhanet.informz.net/informzdataser…

Analysis: Health Insurance Marketplace premiums would more than double if enhanced premium tax credits expire ow.ly/kC5a50X5ioJ #AHAToday

Healthcare providers will lose an estimated $32.1 billion next year, and demand for uncompensated care will rise by $7.7 billion, if Congress does not extend enhanced ACA tax credits, according to an analysis by Urban Institute and RWJF: rwjf.org/en/insights/ou…

Meet JJ, Le Bonheur’s first facility dog! We’re incredibly grateful to the Lawrence Lewis Foundation for making JJ’s journey to Le Bonheur possible, to Hollywood Feed for keeping him fueled and to McGehee Clinic for providing his vet care.

According to a KFF poll, nearly 80% of survey respondents favor extending the enhanced health insurance exchange subsidies. Almost 60% of Republicans back renewing the subsidies: modernhealthcare.com/politics-regul…

MHA President & CEO Richard Roberson spoke to the Mississippi Business Journal about how this could affect Mississippi hospitals: msbusinessjournal.com/h-1b-visa-prog…

MHA staff recently traveled to D.C. to thank our federal delegation for their assistance in securing the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund and to advocate for continuation of essential programs that enable Mississippi hospitals to deliver high-quality, accessible care.

Deli products sold at Kroger supermarkets have been recalled amid concerns over possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes: wjtv.com/living-local/f…

Meet JJ, Le Bonheur Children's’s first facility dog! JJ is trained to bring joy and calm to patients and their families. JJ is already making a big impact...one tail wag at a time.

More than 300,000 Mississippians who receive health insurance through the marketplace exchange face significant premium increases starting in January 2026. The enhanced tax credits that have kept coverage affordable are set to expire at the end of 2025. wlbt.com/2025/10/09/hea…

Despite breast cancer diagnoses being significantly lower than the national average in Mississippi, the breast cancer mortality rate in Mississippi is the highest outside of the nation’s capital. yahoo.com/news/articles/…

In 2022, tax-exempt hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program provided nearly $100 billion in total benefits to their communities, according to a new American Hospital Association report: aha.org/system/files/m…

Learn more about the need for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits before they expire at the end of the year to preserve critical health coverage for millions of Americans: aha.org/system/files/m…

There are now 23.5 million health services jobs in the U.S., accounting for about one in six private-sector jobs. That compares with 12.7 million manufacturing jobs, and 15.6 million jobs at retailers: wsj.com/economy/jobs/h…

Congratulations to all of our 2025 MHA Emerging Leaders who graduated yesterday. And thank you to Rep. Missy McGee for being our commencement speaker at their celebration luncheon!