Palliative-care physician asks Mississippi medical board for exceptions to in‑state practice rules to allow Louisiana nurse practitioners to do home visits

Dr. Simeon Kwan, a palliative‑care physician with the national company Carillon, asked the State Board of Medical Licensure during a board meeting to grant two exceptions so the group's Louisiana nurse practitioners can provide occasional in‑home visits in north Mississippi while the group provides virtual care from out of state.

Kwan told the board he and his colleagues “only practice in patients' homes and do about 50% virtual, 50% in person” nationally, and that Carillon seeks an “extended mileage exception to allow us to collaborate” so two nurse practitioners based in the New Orleans area can enter Mississippi for in‑person visits. Kwan said the company would meet oversight requirements including monthly chart reviews, a quality‑improvement program and quarterly in‑person…