FCMH

Admissions
Admissions are accepted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the Admissions Office located beside the Emergency Room triage. Please bring with you, your insurance card(s), social security card, Advance Directive, and driver's license.

Discharges
Your attending physicians will decide when you are to be discharged from the hospital. He will discuss this with you, or your family, and write a discharge order that will be placed on your chart. At the time of your discharge, you will be given post-hospital care instructions and any prescriptions necessary. A nurse will help accompany you to your vehicle.

Payments
Payments can be made at the Front Office during normal business hours. If you need to speak with someone about a payment schedule, please contact our Financial Consultant at (601) 384-8170.

Medical Records
For information regarding your medical record, please contact Melanie Harrell at (601) 384-8133.

Medicaid / Chips
Information regarding Medicaid and Chips are provided to you as a service of FCMH and the MS State Department of Health. For information regarding Medicaid or Chips, please contact Catherine Sims at (601) 384-8106.

Advanced Directive
You have the right to have an advance directive, such as a living will or health care proxy. These documents express your choices about your future care or name someone to decide if you cannot speak for yourself. If and when you are unable to make your own decisions, Mississippi law allows you, your guardian, your agent under medical power of attorney, or a substitute decision maker to make your healthcare decisions. In the absence of an advance medical directive or guardian, Mississippi law allows a person close to you to be the substitute decision maker. This document must accompany you each time you are a patient at the facility. If you need more information regarding Advanced Directives, please contact our Admissions Department at (601) 384-8102.