Posted on May - 14 - 2010
Coffee Break: The Med will see $3.8M from Mississippi
A new annual Payment from Mississippi will yield $3.8 million this year for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.
Med officials announced Thursday that the hospital can now participate in Mississippi’s upper payment limit program, a government payment program that helps bridge the gap between Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates.
The federal government approved the plan in March. Thursday’s announcement came as the agreement was formalized between the hospital and Mississippi state officials, which included Mississippi executive and legislative leaders, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid and the Mississippi Hospital Association.
The payment to The Med will vary each year depending on how many Mississippi patients it sees.
To get the payments, the Med will transfer the funds from Mississippi to the federal government, where they will be matched. Such a move is illegal in most cases, but a federal exemption was made for The Med by Tennessee lawmakers.
The hospital sees about 3,000 Mississippians a year.
“This was truly a multistate effort by the elected leaders in Mississippi and Tennessee,” said Med CEO Reginald Coopwood. “This approval is evidence of the collective recognition of the vital role the Med plays in providing emergency and ongoing health care to Mississippians.”
IRS to hold open house
The Memphis IRS office at 22 N. Front will participate in a special nationwide open house this Saturday to help small businesses and individuals solve federal tax problems.
The office will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Taxpayers will have access to IRS staff on site or by phone, depending on the nature of the issue.
“If you have a federal tax problem or issue that needs resolving, we hope you’ll give us a chance to tackle it Saturday,” IRS spokesman Dan Boone said.
Among help that could be offered is setting up payment plans, explaining tax notices and resolving tax-return errors.
Taxpayers must bring all the necessary documents.
U-verse adds channels
High-def lovers, here’s one for you.
In an effort to increase its appeal to the growing market of high-definition television owners, AT&T has added four channels to its U-verse TV channel lineup.
U-verse customers will be able to access HLN HD, Discovery Kids HD, truTV HD and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) HD, depending on individual programming packages. The Internet-based plan now offers more than 130 HD channels.
“We continue to add value to the U-verse HD experience by bringing more and more HD channels to our U-verse TV customers,” said Dan York, president of content and programming, AT&T. “These HD additions help us with several strategic content initiatives and allow us to continue to deliver a broad and diverse range of HD programming, with more HD channels than our cable competitors.”
For more information, visit att.com/u-verse.
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