The state’s powerful nursing home association has named a Florida industry leader as its new president and CEO. Tony Marshall will take over the Georgia Health Care Association positions that have been vacant since Jon Howell resigned May 1. At the time of Howell’s resignation, the trade group said he was stepping down “to preserve the…
Month: August 2015
Winder: Cannabis help
Cannabis oil is working for a 2-year-old Winder girl, as evidenced by a recent therapy session. Read the full article: 11alive.com
Macon: School clinic
The Ingram-Pye Health Center, run by First Choice Primary Care on the grounds of Ingram-Pye Elementary School, is scheduled to open this week. Read the full article: Macon Telegraph
Augusta: Hospital partnering
In separate meetings, Georgia Regents Health System and University Hospital said they were doing well financially but see the need to partner with others in the future. Read the full article: Augusta Chronicle
Remembering Katrina
Southern Regional Medical Center CEO Kim Ryan worked at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans when Katrina hit the city. Read the full article: Clayton News Daily
Foster care ’emergency’
Georgia is in a “state of emergency” when it comes to foster care, and Floyd was ranked the fifth highest county per capita for children removed from their homes. Read the full article: Rome News-Tribune
Heroin laced with illicit version of fentanyl
The dangerous combination is quickly killing unsuspecting users — and worsening the nation’s epidemic of heroin deaths.
Budget focus: Medicaid growth, hep C drugs, SHBP
The state’s Department of Community Health is asking for additional state funds to cover projected Georgia enrollment for Medicaid and PeachCare, which for the first time will exceed 2 million. The budget proposal also requests $23 million to cover the high cost of drugs to treat hepatitis C patients in both the midyear fiscal 2016…
Savannah: Student shot, killed
A Savannah State University student was fatally wounded Thursday night during an altercation at the student union. Read the full article: Savannah Morning News
Spread of chemicals
Chemicals from a Superfund site near Brunswick move up and down the Georgia coast by traveling up the food chain. Read the full article: WABE