Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5/13/2025
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - Project Title: Development and Construction of Family Medicine Residency Clinic in Rural Mississippi Eligibility Entity Type: SMRMC is classified as a Rural Referral Center per 42 CFR 412.96 for the purpose of Medicare Reimbursement. Project Director Contact Information: Mallory Ginn, CFO Email: mallory.ginn@smrmc.com Phone: 601-250-4235 Residency Specialty & Type: Family Medicine Residency Program Sponsoring Institution: Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center Website Address: www.smrmc.com Rural Target Areas: Eight Mississippi Counties: Adams, Amite, Franklin, Lincoln, Lawrence, Marion, Pike, and Walthall. Two Louisiana Parishes: Tangipahoa, Washington Grants Funds Requested: $5,700,000 Projected Number of Residents: 18 Expected ACGME Accreditation and Residency Matriculation Dates: Expected accreditation fall, 2022. Expected matriculation: July 1, 2023 The purpose of this project is to request funding for the development and construction of of a Family Medicine Residency Clinic at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (SMRMC). The creation of a new rural family medicine residency program and clinic will increase the accessibility of healthcare in a chronically medically underserved region. The shortage of primary care providers, especially in rural Mississippi, is critical. Primary care physicians are increasingly needed to fill this gap. There is a need to increase primary care providers across the country, but, the need within rural Mississippi is especially acute. In Mississippi, health disparities are also significantly worse for those who have systematically faced obstacles to health due to their socio-economic status. One major factor impacting the creation and success of this program is a Family Medicine Residency Clinic. The projected visits in the clinic is 22,900 per year. This will improve community health and decrease the number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations thereby increasing the hospital’s quality of care, decreasing length of stay, increasing revenue, and strengthening program sustainability. The grant funds requested will cover the clinic construction costs as well as design fees incurred.
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