McComb-based Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center has cut ties with five of its employed physicians, ending their contracts, according to an Associated Press report via the Anchorage Daily News.
The five physicians will still have privileges at the hospital. Southwest officials are also looking to renegotiate other physicians' contracts, according to the report.
The main issue is money — the hospital is experiencing reimbursement cuts from Medicare and Medicaid, and could not afford to pay the employed physicians' salaries, the report said.
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