The following terms shall have the following meanings:
1."Department" means the Mississippi State Department of Health and staff, and their designated representatives.2."Local Health Care Provider or Provider" means a facility that is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business in the State of Mississippi, including, but not limited to, skilled nursing facilities, direct primary care clinics, provider owned clinics, rural health clinics, academic medical centers, community health centers and/or independent physician practices.3."Transitional assistance" means any assistance related to changing a Provider's current health care delivery model to a model more appropriate for the community that the Provider serves, including, but not limited to: A. Conducting a market study of health care services needed and provided in the community;B. Acquiring and implementing new technological tools and infrastructure, including, but not limited to, telemedicine delivery methods, development of health information exchanges platforms to electronically share medical records, electronic health record optimization, purchasing connected devices, upgrading digital devices, improving broadband connectivity, public health reporting, and implementing online or mobile patient appointment management applications; andC. Supporting the implementation of population health management. May include continuation of on-going innovation projects that were implemented any time after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi (March 12, 2020).
15 Miss. Code. R. 9-100-1.2.1
Senate Bill 2820, 2022 Regular Legislative Session