The latest news items from the Mississippi Division of Medicaid and notices for providers and beneficiaries are posted below.
Post Award Public Forum for Mississippi Section 1115(a) Healthier Mississippi Waiver
June 2, 20260Read morePursuant to 42 C.F.R. Section 431.420(c), public notice is hereby given for the Post Award Public Forum on the Division of Medicaid’s Healthier Mississippi Waiver. The Post Award Public...
Medicaid Vital Signs – October-December 2025
April 22, 2026Read moreThis update of the Medicaid Vital Signs dashboard contains enrollment and expenditure data from the fourth quarter of 2025. Launched in early 2019, Vital Signs displays key Mississippi Medicaid...
Dr. Robert Besinger joins Medicaid as new Medical Director
April 17, 2026Read moreJackson, Miss. – The Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) has named Dr. Robert Besinger, a pediatrician from Brandon, to serve as the agency’s new Medical Director, effective April 1,...
BAC/MAC meetings to be held April 17, 2026
April 17, 2026Read moreThe Mississippi Beneficiary Advisory Council (BAC) will meet at 10 a.m. on April 17, 2026, in the Cobb Conference Center at 550 High Street, Jackson, MS. This meeting may...
MS SPA 25-0002 Automatic Enrollment approved by CMS
February 13, 2026Read moreState Plan Amendment (SPA) 25-0002 was submitted to allow the Division of Medicaid (DOM) to include automatic enrollment to Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), include language excluding beneficiaries receiving...
