Jan 13, 2015: Gulf Live: Mississippi tax collections $91 million ahead of forecast at fiscal year midpoint
From January to December 2014, enrollment increased by 10 percent in Mississippi Medicaid and the state Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicaid director David Dzielak (JELL-ick) told House Appropriations Committee members Tuesday. Both programs are funded with state and federal money. Combined enrollment for the two programs went from 714,338 to 786,861 during the year.
From January to December 2014, enrollment increased by 10 percent in Mississippi Medicaid and the state Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicaid director David Dzielak (JELL-ick) told House Appropriations Committee members Tuesday. Both programs are funded with state and federal money. Combined enrollment for the two programs went from 714,338 to 786,861 during the year.
Oct 12, 2014: Clarion Ledger: Medicaid debate expected again in 2015
Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republican leaders have said for years that they’re flatly against putting more people on Medicaid because they’re skeptical about federal promises for future funding in a program that has already grown dramatically in recent years.
Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republican leaders have said for years that they’re flatly against putting more people on Medicaid because they’re skeptical about federal promises for future funding in a program that has already grown dramatically in recent years.
Oct 3, 2014: Gulf Live: Enrollment increasing in Mississippi Medicaid and CHIP programs
Medicaid director David Dzielak (JELL-ick) told legislative budget writers Friday that the biggest reason for the enrollment increase is a new type of income calculation.
Medicaid director David Dzielak (JELL-ick) told legislative budget writers Friday that the biggest reason for the enrollment increase is a new type of income calculation.
Jan 4, 2013: David Dzielak: Hattiesburg American: Discuss cost of Medicaid expansion
In January 2012, David J. Dzielak, Ph.D. was named Executive Director of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid by Governor Phil Bryant. Under his leadership, the Division of Medicaid has implemented new payment methodologies for inpatient and outpatient services, expanded managed care services and made a renewed priority to strengthen both internal and external relationships. Prior to coming to the Division of Medicaid, Dzielak was appointed to the position of Executive Director of Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in 1998. In this position Dzielak organized the administrative processes associated with the research mission of UMMC.
In 2001 he became the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, which allowed him to initiate several programs to promote the research mission of UMMC including a faculty incentive plan. During this time federal funding for research at the Medical Center campus quadrupled. In 2005 he assumed the position of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Research Alliances and focused on UMMC’s Washington, DC efforts to garner directed appropriations to enhance the infrastructure of the institution. Dzielak was instrumental in bringing over $74 million of directed appropriations to UMMC to enhance research infrastructure including funding for the newest research building on campus, the Arthur C. Guyton Laboratory Research Center.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Dzielak received an Associate of Applied Science degree from the State University of New York at Delhi and a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. Dzielak received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1982. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Arthur Guyton in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and in 1984 became a faculty member in that department.
In 2001 he became the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, which allowed him to initiate several programs to promote the research mission of UMMC including a faculty incentive plan. During this time federal funding for research at the Medical Center campus quadrupled. In 2005 he assumed the position of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Research Alliances and focused on UMMC’s Washington, DC efforts to garner directed appropriations to enhance the infrastructure of the institution. Dzielak was instrumental in bringing over $74 million of directed appropriations to UMMC to enhance research infrastructure including funding for the newest research building on campus, the Arthur C. Guyton Laboratory Research Center.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Dzielak received an Associate of Applied Science degree from the State University of New York at Delhi and a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. Dzielak received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1982. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Arthur Guyton in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and in 1984 became a faculty member in that department.