Grady Memorial Hospital and Fresenius Medical Care have reached a basic agreement on providing dialysis services for 22 immigrants whose regular treatment ended last week. Details of the deal were still being worked out, a Grady spokesman said late Wednesday afternoon. A Fresenius spokeswoman confirmed in an email that an agreement had been struck. The…
Twenty-two former Grady dialysis patients have been left in medical jeopardy after an agreement for their treatment expired Wednesday. Under that contract, Grady Memorial Hospital paid Fresenius Medical Care $750,000 for a year’s care of the uninsured immigrants. The patients are not U.S. citizens, and most are not in the country legally. The immigrant group…
Concerns over hospital executive pay arose again recently when WellStar Health System’s new CEO received a contract including a base salary of $975,000. Reynold J. Jennings will also have the opportunity for a bonus that could pay thousands more. The pay report on the Marietta-based health system followed a July AJC article by M.E. Pell…
A Valdosta-based company told state lawmakers Monday that hospitals are unjustifiably harassing its employees over medical bills. The problem involves balance billing, a practice whereby a medical provider sends a patient a bill for charges beyond what is paid by a health plan. The Langdale Company, which makes wood and forest products, says some of…
The new CEO of Grady Memorial Hospital is coming from a Dallas facility that recently has been under intense federal scrutiny for patient safety problems. A federal agency, after an inspection in July, found conditions at Parkland Memorial Hospital that were an “immediate and serious threat’’ to patient health and safety. The Centers for Medicare…
The building of a new cancer treatment hospital in Newnan has generated talk of new jobs in a time of economic uncertainty. A controversial 2008 bill in the Georgia General Assembly created a loophole in the state’s certificate-of-need law, paving the way for the Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s new facility in Newnan. The legislation…
Northside Hospital is seeking to replace its Cherokee County facility with a new $250 million hospital. If Northside gets permission from the state, the replacement facility would open in 2015 and would include an 84-bed hospital, a women’s center, a medical office building and a cancer center. Hospitals must receive state permission for major construction…
Few U.S. hospitals provide the full range of support that mothers need to be able to breastfeed their infants, the CDC reported Tuesday. Only 14 percent have a model breastfeeding policy, and less than 4 percent follow at least nine of 10 recommended practices, the report said. And in Georgia, as in several Southern states,…
The agreement providing dialysis for immigrants who were former Grady patients expires at the end of August, and it’s unclear what will happen next. A year ago, Massachusetts-based Fresenius Medical Care agreed to treat 25 of the 38 end-stage renal disease patients – most of whom are illegal immigrants – at Grady’s expense, and treat…
After being tapped as the new CEO of Grady Health System, John Haupert spoke of the job Wednesday as “a dream come true.’’ Haupert, the chief operating officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, told reporters, “I’m very much committed to being [at Grady] for the long term.’’ That would set him apart…