The Mississippi Rural Health Association is pleased to have these valued partners on-board as a valued asset to our members. We encourage all members to use these vendors as a preferred source for your rural health needs.
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Diamond
Mississippi State Department of Health
Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Tasha Brown
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215
601.576.7216
tasha.brown@msdh.ms.gov
Mississippi’s State Board of Health was established in 1877 to protect and advance health throughout Mississippi, and became the Mississippi State Department of Health in 1982. Public health protection takes a wide variety of forms, from ensuring the safety of your food and water to setting standards for health and care facilities. Major operations of the agency such as which involve health protection, health promotion and health planning.
Silver Level
Alliant Purchasing
Drew Mays
Vice President Partner Success
270.860.7752
dmays@alliantpurchasing.com
Alliant Purchasing, LLC, is a Premier affiliate partner that offers unsurpassed supply-chain services and programs to healthcare and non-healthcare members all over the country. In addition to best price, Alliant members enjoy enhanced productivity through product standardization, financial stability through multi-year contracts and flexibility through multiple source options and NO cost to join.
Azalea Health (Preferred Partner Program)
Davis Bayles
5871 Glenridge Drive Drive, NE, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30328
770.846.6469
davis.bayles@azaleahealth.com
The fully integrated, cloud-based Azalea EHR, RCM, Telehealth and Professional Consulting Services suite enables community hospitals, rural health clinics, and practices of all sizes and specialties to tailor a sophisticated solution that meets all of their business needs at a fraction of the complexity and cost. This organization is the leading cloud-based Health IT platform connecting community-based healthcare providers and patients across the lifecycle of care delivery – in the hospital, at the practice and from home. With clients ranging in size and scope from small physician and specialty practices, to large clinics and rural hospitals, Azalea Health has helped them improve their operations, streamline workflows, and boost financial performance as well as customer engagement.
Magnolia Health Plan
Jennifer Hobock
Supervisor, Provider Network
601-863-2599
jhobock@centene.com
At Magnolia Health we understand how important you and your family’s healthcare needs are. It’s important to us too. We are here to support your health needs and make that part of your day easier. Magnolia Health is your partner and advocate.
ENA (Preferred Partner Program)
Courtney Pitkin
Customer Relations Manager
21232 Gathering Oaks, Suite 107
San Antonio, TX 78260
210.408.0388
cpitkin@ena.com
http://www.ena.com
ENA delivers transformative technology solutions supported by exceptional customer care. Since 1996, we have worked with our customers to design and engineer high-capacity and future-ready connectivity, communication, cloud, security, and data analytics solutions.
United Healthcare
J. Michael Parnell
795 Woodlands Parkway, Suite 301
Ridgeland, MS 39157
601-718-6648
j_parnell@uhc.com
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making the health system work better for everyone. We serve millions of people from their earliest years through their working lives and through retirement.
Bronze Level
Amerigroup
Tara Clark
Health Plan Leader
404-655-4990
tarance.clark@anthem.com
Amerigroup is focused on achieving health and wellness for the entire family. We listen, respect, and engage families to understand their culture, values, beliefs, and lifestyles so we can develop meaningful relationships. We engage and support members and their families to set goals based on what is important to them, building on their strengths and enhancing each person’s resiliency.
ChartSpan Medical Technologies (Preferred Partner Program)
Shane Grivich
Regional Sales Vice President
936.524.4801
shane.grivich@chartspan.com
ChartSpan is the largest chronic care management (CCM) service provider in the U.S. We provide a comprehensive set of care services for Medicare beneficiaries across the country. By providing access to care services specifically designed for chronically ill patients, our team of seasoned clinical experts are able to help patients live fuller and healthier lives while also reducing their medical costs.
Impact Healthcare was established in 2008 and is a national healthcare consulting and managed services firm that utilizes their extensive experience with rural hospitals, community hospitals, healthcare systems, and physician practices. They specialize in efficiently managing and optimizing Revenue Cycles.
InQuiseek
Mrs. Patty Harper
CEO
83 Victorias Drive
Bossier City, LA 71111
318.243.2687
pharper@inquiseek.com
InQuiseek, LLC is a business and healthcare consulting company dedicated to helping organizations, and the people who work within them, adapt to the every changing markets, regulations, workforce, and culture. In the firm’s Healthcare Division, support for hospitals and physician practices in the areas of revenue cycle management, patient accounting, finance, reimbursement, health information management, and compliance are provided to partners. Within the Business Division, an extra set of eyes are provided to executives by focusing on four areas: executive coaching, financial analysis, leadership training, and strategic planning.
Medical Disposal Systems (Preferred Partner Program)
Pam Thompson
CEO
228.217.7002
pam@refusemgmt.com
Medical Disposal Systems (MDS) is a biomedical waste transport and disposal company for biomedical waste generators. We are a locally owned and operated, long-established company, providing our customers with impeccable service. Medical Disposal Systems is offering a special discount to all Mississippi Rural Health Association members for collection and service.
Molina
Earl Robinson
Provider Services Representative
601-863-3774
earl.robinson@molinahealthcare.com
Molina Healthcare contracts with state governments and serves as a health plan, providing a wide range of quality health care services to families and individuals who qualify for government-sponsored programs, including Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Molina Healthcare offers Medicaid plans in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
SAG Medical Solutions
Bob Flowers
Partner
601-707-5950
bflowers@stradvgrp.com
SAG Medical Solutions provides strategic healthcare solutions to assist providers and healthcare facilities with needs for day-to-day operation.
Tango340B
Jason Hooper
Regional Sales Director
404.788.2813
jason.hooper@tango340b.com
Tango340B is a mission-centric organization, exclusively serving organizations who provide care to vulnerable patient populations. We improve access to care and medication adherence rates, help navigate the complexities of 340B, ensure you maximize your resources, and facilitate full regulatory compliance. Through our holistic pharmacy and 340B program management services, we empower our clients to channel their energy towards their primary mission of patient care delivery.
The Compliance Team (Preferred Partner Program)
Ms. Kate Hill, RN
Vice President Clinical Services
PO Box 160
Spring House, PA 19477
215-654-9110
khill@thecomplianceteam.org
http://www.thecomplianceteam.org
Medicare-approved Exemplary Provider® accreditation for Rural Health Clinics by The Compliance Team features common-sense Safety-Honesty-Caring® quality standards, expert mentoring, self-assessment checklists, Patient Quality Measurement™ database access and great customer service. Ask about our newest program, a simplified PCMH accreditation for Rural Health Clinics.
OPYS
Hollie Moore
Scheduling Coordinator
acalloway@opys.com
(800) 526-6797
One Indiana Square
Indianapolis, IN 46204
OPYS is a hospital physician management group that strives for a reliable local and regional presence and lasting hospital relationships. They are committed to providing qualified health professionals to their partners to improve and maintain quality patient care, leadership, and teamwork in their partner locations.
Vessel Healthcare
Walker Badham
CEO
walker@vesselvascular.com
General Directory
Biomedical Concepts
Fred Wienhusen
bmc@biomedicalconcepts.net
Largest Anesthesia Refurbisher on the Gulf Coast. Our technicians are trained in Anesthesia Machine Service of all GE,Drager and Mindray models. We also are your one stop shop for all medical equipment needs from O.R. Lights to O.R. Tables and everything in between.
Center for Advanced Medicine
Spencer Sullivan
CEO
Sksullivan@msadvancedmedicine.com
The Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine (MCAM) is a healthcare organization in Mississippi that integrates subspecialty medical care, clinical pharmacy services, and care coordination for patients with pediatric, congenital, and maternal fetal disorders. Our unified healthcare process assures timely and thorough evaluations and treatments for patients who need subspecialty services. Our commitment to quality and service assures patients, referring providers, payers, and vendors unhindered access to our providers and staff. We believe open and frequent communication combined with an integrated specialty care model will optimize quality, safety, service, outcomes and cost for pediatric subspecialty care in Mississippi.
Cura
Jerry Dickman
Business Development Director
Jerry.Dickman@Curahospitality.com
Our mission to deliver expert medical care using advanced telemedicine technologies is highlighted in hospitals, post acute settings, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Cura makes it possible for you to admit all patient-acuity levels. Keep your facility at capacity by handling patients with all acuity levels across behavioral health, neurology, pulmonary critical care, cardiology, infectious disease and more. Hybrid strategies with in house rounding with psych NP, medical NP and our telemedicine providers is available. We strategically avoid being a one specialty silo and therefore afford the luxury of a multi-specialty group without unreachable financial burden. Our focus on program building delivers quality among each specialty service line. Our turn key technological solution allows for easy scheduling, patient hand-offs, inter professional consultations, ordering, imaging, and reporting.
Kanopy Healthcare Partners
Brian Enis
100 Pioneer Way
Magee, MS 39111
601-849-6440
BrianEnis@kanopyhp.com
Kanopy Healthcare Partners’ programs are completely customized to a specific hospital, and the Kanopy Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management services can be contracted as a complete program or as a specialized service to target and improve key elements of a specific revenue cycle process. To help make a better determination of how Kanopy can best help your hospital, this organization begins with a full evaluation of your entire revenue cycle process. As every part of a a hospital’s health system is dependent on the billing and collections, this thinking defines Kanopy’s business approach as they offer several different resources for client hospitals, but the core of their business centers around Revenue Cycle Management.
MD Revolution
Paul Huffman
Vice President of Sales & Business Development
paul.huffman@mdrevolution.com
MD Revolution offers integrated and scalable care management services that includes programs for Chronic Care Management, Remote Patient Monitoring, Annual Wellness Visits, and more. We provide people and technology so that every practice can have access to teams and tools to rapidly deploy remote care management for their patients. This “clinical programs as a service” makes enterprise-level programs available for all practice sizes. Our RevUp platform is integrated directly with the EHR for ordering, documentation and claims and our turn-key remote patient monitoring program provides cellular based, fully provisioned devices directly to your patients. Solutions are available as full-service offerings or Software as a Service (SaaS).
Mississippi Drug Card
Ken Gresham
Senior V.P. Program Development
kgresham@mississippidrugcard.com
601.750.2631
Mississippi Drug Card is a free statewide discount prescription assistance program launched to help uninsured and underinsured residents afford their prescriptions. All residents are eligible to get pharmacy discounts through this program. The program may be used to provide savings on prescriptions not covered by your health insurance or Medicare Part D and requires no personal information to get a card. The Mississippi Drug Card has Lowest Rx Price Logic to guarantee that participants get the best pricing on prescriptions and can save up to 80% on medications with average savings at 30%.
Senior Medical Patrol (SMP)
Johnetta Red
Community Outreach
jred@advisewell.org
The SMP program model is one of prevention. SMPs educated Medicare beneficiaries to scrutinize their medical statements and bills and subsequently reduce fraud and errors. Though beneficiaries have several avenues they can take to report fraud, such as the Office of Inspector General (OIG) hotline or 1-800-Medicare, some beneficiaries choose to report fraud to the SMP. In these cases, SMPs refer the complaint to the appropriate entity.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
Mrs. Wendy Ross
Program Coordinator
4301 W. Markham Street, #519
Little Rock, AR 72205
855.664.3450
wross2@uams.edu
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC) serves Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee by targeting health care and health education groups that have an interest in using telehealth. The SCTRC focuses on telehealth media and education coupled with hands-on training in the Adam Rule Training Center or at your site are available. The SCTRC is staffed by telehealth professionals with backgrounds in nursing, business, education & instructional design, and mass media/communications and also works with a dedicated group of professionals who comprise the 2017 – 2020 Advisory Council which provides a grassroots voice for the telehealth initiatives needed in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
St. Dominic’s Behavioral Health Services
Sonya Summerlin
Outreach Director
ssummerlin@stdom.com
St. Dominic’s Behavioral Health Services offers services throughout Mississippi for psychiatric issues. Our staff is also committed to educating the community, including local groups, businesses and organizations. St. Dominic’s Behavioral Health Services strives to provide quality and compassionate treatment to individuals and their families suffering from mental illness. Highly trained psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, chaplain, and counselors will work together to meet your needs as an individual. Our goal is to help each individual and their family achieve the best possible outcome.
The Communications Institute
Barbara Carey
CEO
barbara@tciconsults.com
The Communications Institute (TCI) is a nonprofit 501.3C organization which serves as an objective and reliable resource for citizens, policy makers, business and community leaders and journalists. Working with its partners, the Institute has played a vital role in raising the level of communication of critical information in society through its educational symposiums, workshops, DVD productions and online resources.
Triple Aim Health
Bob Dickens
CEO
bobd@triaimhealth.com
Our goal is to improve the overall health of our nations’ growing Medicare population by actively engaging each patient in the development and implementation an individualized, physician approved plan of care.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Center for Telehealth
Mr. Tony Tharpe
Business Development Manager
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
601.815.2051
ttharpe@umc.edu
The University of Mississippi Medical Center, located in Jackson, is the state’s only academic health science center which includes seven health science schools: medicine, nursing, dentistry, health related professions, graduate studies, population health, and pharmacy. The Medical Center’s three-part mission is to improve the lives of Mississippians by educating tomorrow’s health care professionals, by conducting health sciences research, and by providing cutting-edge patient care. A major goal of the Medical Center is the elimination of differences in health status of Mississippians based on race, geography, income, or social status.
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