Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered healthcare reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care. She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.
Senator Hyde-Smith appreciates the role of the state’s universities to support federal research on better prevention and treatment efforts on chronic diseases, like diabetes, that affect Mississippians disproportionally.
Northside Sun, Jackson
South Delta deserves pumps
By Jeff North
How many times have you heard that the best predictor of the future is the past? Maybe the classic adage “history always repeats itself” aptly describes the phenomenon that we are still experiencing. The Bible describes pestilence...
HYDE-SMITH, KING OFFER BILL TO PROTECT PATIENTS BY EASING TELEHEALTH PAYMENT BURDEN
Legislation Required to Shield Rural Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers from Looming Medicare Clawback Payments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced legislation to protect patients receiving care through telehealth services by shielding certain clinics in underserved communities from impending Medicare clawback payments.
The Improving...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF CORY WILSON TO SERVE ON FIFTH CIRCUIT
Nomination of Mississippian Selected by Trump for Federal Bench Heads to the Senate Floor
Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today hailed committee approval of the nomination of Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson to be a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND $219 MILLION AWARD FOR MISSISSIPPI HOSPITALS
COVID-19 Relief Funds Will Support ‘Safety Net’ Hospitals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended today commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) award of $219,200,279 in Provider Relief Funds to Mississippi hospitals.
The funds are intended to help “safety net” hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of Medicaid patients or...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURE RELIEF ACT
Expanding Critical Access Hospital Status to More Rural Hospitals Would Increase Medicare Payment Support
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help financially vulnerable rural hospitals keep their doors open by expanding eligibility to higher Medicare payments.
Hyde-Smith is cosponsored the Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act (S.3103), which would update Medicare...
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY
President Trump Signs Bill Increasing Flexibility of the Paycheck Protection Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she expects Mississippi businesses to take advantage of reforms to the successful Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was created in the CARES Act to help small businesses survive the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump on Friday...
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO INCREASE MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO MISS. RURAL HOSPITALS
Long-Term Fix to Medicare Wage Index Formula Would Address Disparity Benefiting Bigger States
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today threw her support behind legislation to increase Medicare payments to rural states like Mississippi, which could help rural Mississippi hospitals ease growing financial pressures.
Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and...
Insurance News Net
Sen. Coons, 125+ Members of Congress Call on Administration to Ensure National Guard Receives Benefits Earned on COVID-19 Front Lines
Targeted News Service
WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 28 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 27:
U.S...
Winston County Journal
Catfish Producers Can Make Case for Relief Funds
By Susan Collins-Smith, MSU Extension Service
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Catfish producers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have the opportunity to provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture information on why they should be...
News Mississippi
Senator Hyde-Smith is all for the SMART Act
By J.T. Mitchell
A bill in the United States Senate called the State and Municipal Assistance for Recovery and Transition (SMART) Act could provide $500 billion to state, local, and tribal governments, and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith...
