County may ink new deal with health clinic
Lowndes County will likely approve a new agreement with a local Baptist Medical Group Clinic to resume providing free medical care for its employees.
Meanwhile, Columbus Light and Water employees, which had used the clinic at no cost since it opened in 2017, have been left out of the equation.
City to keep contract with Baptist Medical Group
When it came to whether the city of Columbus would continue to use Baptist primary care clinic services next fiscal year, better information and a better price made all the difference.
City to reconsider using BMG clinic
Upon further review, the city of Columbus may not be pulling out of Baptist Medical Group’s primary care clinic after all.
City pulling out of employee clinic agreement with Baptist
Columbus is cutting funding for the primary care clinic offered to city employees and their dependents, with councilmen citing lack of use.
CLW says ‘yes’ to primary care clinic
More than 80 employees with Columbus Light and Water will have access to a Baptist Medical Group-backed primary care clinic after the utility’s board on Thursday approved a one-year contract to participate.
City pumps brakes on employee clinic proposal
City officials want more details from Baptist Medical Group before entering an agreement on an employee-focused clinic.
Baptist clinic to serve county workers
Lowndes County will contract with Baptist Medical Group to provide an on-site primary care clinic for county employees.
Local entities may open clinic for public employees
The city of Columbus, Lowndes County and Columbus Light and Water may soon partner for a shared primary health care provider.
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic damaged by vandalism
Jackson police are trying to find out who damaged a generator and two security cameras at Mississippi’s only abortion clinic.
Ruling: Mississippi abortion law remains blocked
A federal appeals court said Thursday that it won’t reconsider its earlier ruling that a 2012 Mississippi abortion law is unconstitutional.
U.S. appeals court blocks Mississippi abortion law
Mississippi’s governor and attorney general will have to decide whether to challenge a federal appeals court ruling that is keeping the state’s only abortion clinic in business.
Good Samaritan clinic helps Lowndes County residents
The Good Samaritan Clinic in Columbus on Main Street gives medical care to those in the community who would not be able to afford it otherwise. Kathy Tentoni, executive director for the clinic, spoke to the Exchange Club at Lion Hills Country Club on Thursday to explain who the clinic helps.
Arrests at McComb weight loss center
The owner and business manager of the McComb weight loss clinic have been charged with selling drugs and practicing medicine without a license.
Jackson abortion clinic owner not fazed despite pressure
Abortion clinic owner Diane Derzis has stared down protesters, laughed off those who call her “baby killer” and smiled through clenched teeth while bantering with people who want to close her centers in the South.
Groups question abortion clinic’s statistics
JACKSON — A complaint filed against Mississippi’s only abortion clinic alleges the facility has not been in compliance with state law. The Clarion-Ledger reports the
Miss. to appeal injunction in abortion clinic case
JACKSON — Mississippi will ask a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that has temporarily blocked authorities from closing the state’s only abortion clinic.
More than 100 rally at only Miss. abortion clinic
JACKSON — More than 100 people rallied outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic after a trial date was set in its fight against a state law.
2014 trial set for challenge of Miss. abortion law
A federal judge on Friday set a jury trial next spring for a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic over a new law that it says would make it shut its doors.
Miss. clinic doing abortions after court ruling
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic continued seeing patients Tuesday, the day after a federal judge temporarily stopped the state from closing it.
Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license reprieve
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state’s only abortion clinic.