American Medical Association
Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
Kevin B. O'Reilly, News Editor, American Medical Association
What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth...
Boothbay (Maine) Register
LYME TIME: We Did It!
By Paula Jackson Jones
Last week, former Senator Kay Hagan (N.C.) passed away from complications due to the tick-borne disease known as the Powassan virus. That same week, the Senate Health Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation...
Life News
New Congressional Bill Would Ban Abortions Nationwide on Babies With Down Syndrome
By Micaiah Bilger
WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to stop discrimination-based abortions, a group of U.S. senators introduced a bill this week to prohibit abortions on unborn babies with Down syndrome.
The...
Home Health Care News
Third Time Could Be the Charm for Telehealth Medicare Legislation
By Joyce Famakinwa
Is the third time the charm for a bill that would expand Medicare coverage for telehealth services?
A bipartisan group of lawmakers took another swing at introducing the Creating...
Fierce Healthcare
Lawmakers introduce bipartisan measure to expand Medicare coverage for telehealth
By Heather Landi
Healthcare industry groups collectively cheered bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate on Wednesday that aims to expand Medicare coverage for telehealth...
Pine Belt News
Progress Water Receives $1.25M Grant, $1.9M Loan
By HASKEL BURNS
For the last several years, officials from Progress Community Water Association in Purvis have had maintenance issues with outdated water lines in the community – some of which were originally installed in the late...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
USDA offers funding for rural water project in Lamar Co.
By Renaldo Hopkins
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced more than $4.13 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and loan funding for water infrastructure projects in Lamar and Copiah...
Kingman (Ariz.) Daily Miner
McSally, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Extended Funding for Community Health Centers
U.S. SENATE - Today, U.S. Senator Martha McSally (AZ) and a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) and Minority Leader Charles...
HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES CITIZENS TO ENGAGE WITH VETERANS AS NATION SALUTES THEIR SERVICE
Miss. Senator Acknowledges Service, Sacrifices in 2019 Veterans Day Tribute
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith’s Veterans Day Tribute
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Veterans Day tribute, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippians to engage with veterans and their families as a means of honoring their service to the nation.
“On Veterans Day we take time to recognize that we all benefit...
HYDE-SMITH & MISS. WITNESS SAY MORE COOPERATION NEEDED TO EXPAND RURAL INTERNET ACCESS
Senate Ag Committee Reviews Implementation of 2018 Farm Bill Rural Development Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a hearing to examine implementation of rural development programs in the 2018 farm bill, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said federal agencies need more cooperation as...
