Georgia House Speaker David Ralston says he’s open to a vote on the Senate bill requiring coverage for autism treatment. Read the full article: WABE
Month: January 2015
Saving lives of heroin users
A shot of Narcan, or naloxone hydrochloride, is being used to reverse opioid overdoses. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Albany: Enrollment event
Area residents can receive assistance with health plan enrollment during the free assistance workshops at the Albany Civic Center on Saturday. Read the full article: Albany Herald
Is Tenet looking for deal on its Georgia hospitals?
State hospital industry officials say Tenet Health is seeking a buyer or a partner for its five Georgia hospitals. The five hospitals are all in greater metro Atlanta, and they include 460-bed Atlanta Medical Center and 202-bed North Fulton Hospital in Roswell. A spokesman for the health care organization, based in Dallas, Texas, did not…
Siblings reveal clues to autism
In families where two children have been diagnosed with autism, siblings don’t often share the same gene changes.
Who gets hepatitis C drug?
Some Georgians will get the new expensive hepatitis C drug, but thousands of HIV-positive Georgians, who also have hepatitis C, won’t. Read the full article: WABE
CTCA proposal on admissions
Next week, Cancer Treatment Centers of America will challenge Georgia’s Certificate of Need law so it can accept more in-state patients. Read the full article: Atlanta Business Chronicle
Gainesville: Hospital chief
A hospital executive from Texas has been named president of Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Read the full article: Gainesville Times
Study: Decline in deaths for some preterm babies
Death rates for extremely premature infants decreased from 2000 to 2011, according to a newly published national study. The decline “was largely due to fewer babies dying from breathing complications of prematurity,’’ said Dr. Ravi Mangal Patel, lead author of the study, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and…
Advocates rally for expansion
Advocates for expansion say about 481,000 Georgians fall into the coverage gap, and 44 percent of them are young adults. Read the full article: WABE