Sophia Paffenroth

Jackson

Community Health Reporter at Mississippi Today

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Articles

Prenatal care for poor women may be in jeopardy - Mississippi Today

1 week ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Sophia Paffenroth

Ridgeland, MS (Mississippi Today)Receive a monthly roundup from the health team when you sign up for The Pulse. A lawmaker playing hardball may cost poor pregnant women a policy that would help them receive timely prenatal care - after the program's implementation was already delayed a year because of administrative hiccups. Senate Medicaid Chairman Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, told Mississippi Today he will not be taking a House bill to fix the issues in the program.
Groups demand release of family planning funds

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Sophia Paffenroth

Two weeks after it was forced to lay off half its staff, the nonprofit group that administers federal family planning money in Mississippi has yet to hear back about an obscure investigation that paused its funding. Title X, a federal program that has been providing money for family planning services to states for over 50 years, flows through Converge to 91 clinics around the state.
Hospitals could lose millions under plan to alter Medicaid funding formula

2 weeks ago | djournal.com | Sophia Paffenroth

Mississippi hospitals will lose at least $500 million if the Department of Health and Human Services head obeys a memo President Donald Trump issued Friday, according to Richard Roberson, CEO of the Mississippi Hospital Association. Trump’s memo instructs U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Trump's Medicaid change could cost hospitals millions

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Sophia Paffenroth

Mississippi hospitals will lose at least $500 million if the Department of Health and Human Services head obeys a memo President Donald Trump issued Friday, according to Richard Roberson, CEO of the Mississippi Hospital Association. Trump’s memo instructs U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
New online tool helps women on Medicaid find prenatal care and family planning

2 weeks ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Sophia Paffenroth

At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one researcher’s full-time job for the past nine months has been to find out which clinics around the state offer different kinds of women’s health care, and whether they accept various forms of Medicaid. The final result is a recently launched database aimed at helping women locate the nearest clinic that can offer the care they need.
New online tool helps women on Medicaid find prenatal care and family planning

3 weeks ago | cdispatch.com | Sophia Paffenroth

At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one researcher’s full-time job for the past nine months has been to find out which clinics around the state offer different kinds of women’s health care, and whether they accept various forms of Medicaid. The final result is a recently launched database aimed at helping women locate the nearest clinic that can offer the care they need.
New online tool helps women on Medicaid find prenatal care and family planning

3 weeks ago | standard-journal.com | Sophia Paffenroth

At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one researcher's full-time job for the past nine months has been to find out which clinics around the state offer different kinds of women's health care, and whether they accept various forms of Medicaid. The final result is a recently launched database aimed at helping women locate the nearest clinic that can offer the care they need.
New online tool helps women on Medicaid find prenatal care and family planning

3 weeks ago | apnews.com | Sophia Paffenroth

By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH/Mississippi Today At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one researcher’s full-time job for the past nine months has been to find out which clinics around the state offer different kinds of women’s health care, and whether they accept various forms of Medicaid. The final result is a recently launched database aimed at helping women locate the nearest clinic that can offer the care they need.
New UMMC tool helps women on Medicaid find prenatal care, family planning

3 weeks ago | djournal.com | Sophia Paffenroth

JACKSON – At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one researcher’s full-time job for the past nine months has been to find out which clinics around the state offer different kinds of women’s health care, and whether they accept various forms of Medicaid. The final result is a recently launched database aimed at helping women locate the nearest clinic that can offer the care they need.
New online tool helps women on Medicaid find prenatal care and family planning

3 weeks ago | dailycorinthian.com | Sophia Paffenroth

At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one researcher’s full-time job for the past nine months has been to find out which clinics around the state offer different kinds of women’s health care, and whether they accept various forms of Medicaid. The final result is a recently launched database aimed at helping women locate the nearest clinic that can offer the care they need.