Mississippi rural health providers awarded $3.75 million

Mississippi’s 20 recipients will share from the federal Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced. The money is intended to help rural hospitals and health providers sustain their workforces.

The Health Resources and Services Administration administers the program and approved grants for 132 hospitals nationwide. Awards are determined by a formula that divides the total funding equally among eligible rural hospitals that submit applications. Each Mississippi recipient will receive about.

Hospitals receiving grants

The recipients are Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Campus in Meridian; Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville; Clay County Medical Corporation in West Point; George County Hospital in Lucedale; Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood; Highland Community Hospital in Picayune; and Highland Hills Medical Center in Senatobia.

The list also includes Jasper General Hospital in Bay Springs; Kings Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven; Magee General Hospital in Magee; Marion General Hospital in Columbia; Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia; Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale; and South Sunflower County Hospital in Indianola.

Tishomingo Health Services in Iuka; University of Mississippi Medical Center-Grenada in Grenada; Wayne General Hospital in Waynesboro; Webster Health Services in Eupora; Winston Medical Services in Louisville; and Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley will also receive funding.

How the awards work

The grants are formula-based rather than divided through differing award amounts for each recipient. Eligible rural hospitals must apply to participate, after which the available program funding is split equally among approved facilities. The Mississippi total represents 20 of the 132 hospital grants approved nationally.