There is a considerable health and safety risk to tenants at Westlake Apartments, and HUD is suspending subsidy payments unless the owner immediately addresses displaced residents and uninhabitable conditions. Read the full article: Savannah Morning News
Aging can take a toll on teeth, and for many older people paying for dental services is a serious concern because they can’t rely on their Medicare coverage.
Memorial Health President/CEO Maggie Gill on Wednesday night told her board that the health care system continues to lose money, as anticipated, in the face of changes in the health care environment. Read the full article: Savannah Morning News
New AU Medical Center CEO Lee Ann Liska has “truly hit the ground running” in her first two months and is already planning sweeping changes to improve patient safety and satisfaction. Read the full article: Augusta Chronicle
Environmentalists raise questions about Georgia Power’s plan to close its 29 coal ash ponds, which include Plant Yates. Read the full article: Newnan Times-Herald
In Hall County, the federal exchange will only have plans from two insurers, Alliant and Blue Cross Blue Shield, down from five in the marketplace in 2016. Read the full article: Gainesville Times
The combined cost of premiums and deductibles for a Georgia family with employer-based insurance, on average, took up 11.6 percent of their income last year, a new report released Wednesday shows. Those family expenditures were higher than the national average of 10.1 percent, said the Commonwealth Fund report. The study also showed that nationally, the Affordable…
Fortune 50 health insurer Anthem, the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, will invest $20 million in a technology hub in Atlanta. Read the full article: Atlanta Business Chronicle
Moody’s Investors Service attached a high investment-grade rating to this week’s anticipated issuance of $176 million in bonds for use at what is now Piedmont Athens Regional, but Moody’s also said it revised Piedmont Healthcare’s credit outlook “to negative from stable,” in part because of its acquisition of Athens Regional. Read the full article: Athens…
The University of Georgia faces a fine of nearly $100,000 after the EPA cited the university with numerous safety violations in its handling of radioactive and other toxic wastes. Read the full article: Athens Banner-Herald