Georgia Regents Medical Center and a University Hospital affiliate have reached a deal to allow GRMC to buy a share of a surgery center in Columbia County. Read the full article: Augusta Chronicle
Month: September 2015
Piedmont, WellStar cutting back on health plan
WellStar Health System and Piedmont Healthcare are dropping key parts of their joint health insurance plan after just two years of operation. Citing costs, the two metro Atlanta systems have told medical providers that they’re discontinuing their Medicare Advantage plan for next year. The current 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries will have options to switch to another…
Augusta: Medicaid expansion
Georgia will eventually expand its Medicaid program “because the numbers are so compelling,” a health care economist for Georgia State University said. Read the full article: Augusta Chronicle
Drug Take-Back Day
Law enforcement, medical students and the DEA are teaming up for the 10th annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday. Read the full article: Gwinnett Daily Post
Disabled adults community
Hall County Commissioners approved zoning to develop a 21-acre South Hall County community serving developmentally disabled adults. Read the full article: Gainesville Times
Shutdown could halt food stamps
A government shutdown Oct. 1 could immediately suspend or delay food stamp payments.
Flesh-eating bacteria case
A Gwinnett County woman is talking publicly for the first time about recovering from the flesh-eating bacteria that nearly took her life. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Atlanta: Bike lanes OK’d
Connect Atlanta adds 31 miles of bike lanes to several areas, including Midtown and Downtown. Read the full article: WABE
Doctor sentencing delayed
A family doctor from Georgia who investigators say ran a pill ring with the help of Biloxi casino workers has had his sentencing delayed. Read the full article: Associated Press
Memorial starting partnership talks with N.C. system
A Savannah health system’s announcement that it will pursue a strategic partnership with Novant Health fits into the recent flurry of hospital consolidation across Georgia. This potential nonprofit hospital combination is unusual in one way: It involves an out-of-state hospital system. Novant is based in North Carolina. But Savannah’s Memorial Health and Novant have been…