Jackson, MS. , May 22, 2007/PRNewswire- First Call -- MHA Solutions, Inc. has chosen to endorse DSH Mgmt Solutions, LLC  to provide Medicare disproportionate share consulting and management services for qualified members of the Mississippi Hospital Association 

Eddie Foster, Chief Operating Officer of the Mississippi Hospital Association, noted that "We are pleased to introduce this industry leading DSH/340B management program to our members. Our partnership with DMS is one of a full range of services we provide to our membership designed to meet their high priority needs."

Robert Gricius, president, DMS, noted, “We look forward to working with qualified members of the Mississippi Hospital Association to provide them the full range of Federal Disproportionate Share and 340B Management services our company currently offers and is planning to offer over the next 12 months. In the face of the double digit percentage declines in Mississippi Medicaid membership over the past year and continuing general nationwide decline in the Medicare Part A/SSI% as published by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, hospitals need the full range of resources available to ensure that they capture all the In-State, Out-of-State, and “deemed” Medicaid eligible days they are entitled to as well as those “missing” Medicare/SSI days resulting from the multiple systemic deficiencies as documented in the March 17, 2006 Provider Reimbursement Review Board Decision 2006-D20.We believe the fundamental paradigm shift from retrospective only to full-cycle DSH/340B program management enabled via our proprietary MDSS™ software suite provides hospitals with the tools to supplement their existing base methodology and yield substantive and material directly accretive financial results.”

(Bill) F. Jacobs, Jr., president, WFJ Associates, will be leading the marketing program for Mississippi. Mr. Jacobs is a long-time hospital executive who understands the financial issues facing hospitals today in conjunction with Brooks Ayers, Regional Vice President of WFJ Associates.

Mr. Ayers, noted that “We are looking forward to expanding our representation of DSH Mgmt Solutions in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southern and Western United States. We believe their integrated solution to this key financial segment is without peer in the industry and provides benefits to all constituents in the healthcare industry”.

DMS’s (www.dshmgmtsys.com) MDSS® software suite is a remote hosted, HIPAA compliant, 256-bit SSL secure system available as a stand-alone product that can be leased and operated by clients, serve as the basis for partial or complete outsourcing of client-defined Medicare DSH/340B revenue cycle management, or used by DMS in a consulting engagement. The system cross references and integrates current and historical hospital admission data, real-time regional and national eligibility/entitlement/claims data; statewide public discharge databases, and federal/state mandated benefit coverage rules-based tables.

For further information contact:
K. Michael Bailey, Ph.D., Vice President, Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Mississippi Hospital Association at 601-982-3251 or mbailey@mhnet.org
Robert Gricius, President, DSH Mgmt Solutions, LLC at (888) 550-2708 x705) or robertgricius@dshmgmtsys.com
William Jacobs, President of WFJ Associates @ 804-883-7292 or wfjacobsjr@aol.com