密西西比州：乡村医疗转型计划发60笔补助共3260万美元，精神急诊服务占四成
密西西比州州长泰特·里夫斯（Tate Reeves）10月21日宣布，州政府通过「密西西比州乡村医疗转型计划」（Rural Health Transformation Program）发放60笔补助，总额32,606,496.32美元，用于加强全州乡村地区的医疗服务能力。
这笔资金是该计划第一年实施预算的一部分。密西西比州第一年获得的联邦援助总额为205,990,180.16美元，预算总额2.059亿美元，其中99.96%由联邦医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心（CMS）出资。此前州政府已宣布第一批超过1.041亿美元的补助；整个计划为期五年。
本轮60笔补助分为五类：医疗人才招募与可持续生态建设20笔、中学医疗职业推广4笔、临床带教扩展12笔、边学边赚培训21笔、精神科急诊服务3笔。
精神科急诊服务一类合计1331.6万美元，约占本轮总额的四成，三笔分别为：海因兹县（Hinds County）的 Merit Health Central/Jackson 医疗公司获450万美元，在急诊室旁建设 EmPATH 精神科急诊单元；哈里森县（Harrison County）的格尔夫波特纪念医院获449.6万美元，建设有12个躺椅位的 EmPATH 单元；利弗洛县（Leflore County）的密西西比大学医学中心格林伍德医院获432万零32美元，建设同类单元。
其他较大额补助包括：福雷斯特县总医院获125.756万美元，建设密西西比州首个「关怀连接中心」（Care Connection Center），服务19个县的地区；三角洲州立大学获108.2488万美元；密西西比州东南部乡村医疗倡议组织获94.879万美元。
州政府表示，今年10月还将开放新一轮申请机会，包括帮助小型乡村医疗机构升级电子病历系统，申请信息见 mississippirhtp.com。
里夫斯表示，乡村医院是许多社区的生命线，这笔投资要让居民在本地就能获得急诊和专科服务。联邦医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心主任穆罕默德·奥兹（Mehmet Oz）对密西西比州的推进速度表示肯定。
Mississippi: Governor Reeves Announces 60 Rural Health Transformation Program Awards Totaling $32.6 Million
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced on October 21 that the state has made 60 awards totaling $32,606,496.32 through the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen rural health care across the state.
The awards are part of the program's $205.9 million first-year implementation budget. Mississippi's total federal assistance award is $205,990,180.16, 99.96 percent funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The state had previously announced more than $104.1 million in first-year awards; the program runs for five years.
The 60 awards fall into five categories: 20 for workforce recruitment and sustainable ecosystem development, 4 for secondary education medical career outreach, 12 for preceptor expansion, 21 for earn-while-you-learn programs, and 3 for psychiatric emergency services.
Psychiatric emergency services account for $13,316,032, about 41 percent of the round. Merit Health Central/Jackson MHA, LLC in Hinds County receives $4,500,000 for an EmPATH unit adjacent to its emergency room; Memorial Hospital at Gulfport in Harrison County receives $4,496,000 for a 12-recliner EmPATH unit; and the University of Mississippi Medical Center Greenwood Hospital in Leflore County receives $4,320,032 for an EmPATH unit.
Other large awards include $1,257,560 to Forrest County General Hospital for Mississippi's first Care Connection Center serving a 19-county area, $1,082,488.82 to Delta State University, and $948,790 to the Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative.
The state said additional funding opportunities launching in October include help for small rural providers to modernize electronic health record systems, with details at mississippirhtp.com.
Reeves said rural hospitals are lifelines for their communities and the investment is meant to keep emergency and specialty care close to home. CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz praised the pace of Mississippi's rollout.
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