Dr. Patrick Battey has been named interim CEO for Piedmont Healthcare, and Greg Hurst has been named interim president and chief operating officer, the Atlanta-based health system announced Wednesday. The appointments come after the July 30 death of Tim Stack, who had held both the CEO and president positions for Piedmont Healthcare. Battey, a vascular…
Piedmont Healthcare announced Tuesday that its longtime CEO, Tim Stack, had passed away at age 60. Greg Hurst, Piedmont’s president of finance and development, will continue to handle the duties of CEO that he took over when Stack went on medical leave in early June. Stack had led the nonprofit Piedmont since December 2001, building…
The state’s Medicaid agency has released an updated list of hospital ‘‘winners and losers’’ under the Georgia hospital provider tax. The hospital levy has helped Georgia raise money for its Medicaid program, which along with PeachCare serves 1.7 million Georgians. Generally, a hospital pays 1.45 percent of its net patient revenue in tax. The state,…
Which nursing home is best for my loved one? Where should I get my surgery? Consumers often have no clue on choosing a health care facility for themselves or a loved one. Sometimes they’re guided by a physician. But having more data about the quality of care at a hospital or nursing home can allow a…
Six metro Atlanta hospitals and an Augusta facility will join a national initiative to improve breastfeeding rates in states, including Georgia, where those figures are low. They will be among 90 U.S. hospitals participating in the Best Fed Beginnings program, which aims to improve maternity care and increase the number of hospitals with a “Baby-Friendly’’ designation. The…
Piedmont Healthcare’s CEO is ill and on leave, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported Monday. Tim Stack, 59, has led the Atlanta-based system for more than a decade, building it through expansion to include the former Henry Medical Center and Mountainside Medical Center in Jasper. It also recently opened the new Piedmont Newnan Hospital. The system’s…
The U.S. Supreme Court announced a decision Monday with ramifications for Georgia health care. But it was not the hyper-anticipated ruling on the 2010 health reform law. The court said Monday that it will hear the Federal Trade Commission’s appeal of a federal appeals court ruling that an Albany hospital authority’s purchase of a local hospital is…
Consumers in the past often picked a doctor or hospital based on word of mouth, on proximity to their home, even on a facility’s curb appeal. But the world of consumer health care information is rapidly expanding, driven in large part by the Internet and demand from patients, employers and government. Now a person can…
The potential state move of all Medicaid patients into managed care comes with a multimillion-dollar catch. Georgia could lose roughly $175 million to more than $220 million in federal funding annually for the program if it makes the managed care switch, based on figures for the last two fiscal years. The state, though, could seek…
Southern Regional Health System and Emory Healthcare announced Thursday that they will enter talks on a possible affiliation. Emory would manage Southern Regional, a Riverdale hospital system, under the proposal. The announcement of a letter of intent follows initial talks between the two nonprofit organizations reported in March. And it continues the drive for consolidation…