Georgia House Bill 186 contained lots of health care regulatory changes that captured broad interest within the industry.
But tucked inside the legislation is the creation of an Office for Health Strategy and Coordination.
This new center could make a big difference, not only to health care in Georgia but also to the health of Georgians, writes Harris Allen, an Atlanta-based consultant, in a new GHN Commentary.
The office could be the catalyst of “an all-out effort [to] foster outcomes that all Georgians support: better life expectancy and health-related quality of life as well as better worker productivity and business performance, not to mention attracting new business and broadening the tax base,’’ Allen says.