Health care transparency legislation aimed at filling a gap in Georgia’s new surprise billing law will take effect this Sunday, in time for the annual insurance enrollment period. House Bill 789 will establish a rating system Georgians can use to determine which physician specialty groups in their insurance plan’s... Read more

The Georgia Supreme Court Monday overturned a lower-court ruling requiring a hospital in rural Montezuma, Ga., to get the state’s permission to expand its capacity to serve psychiatric/substance abuse patients. Read the full article: Capitol Beat News Service  Read more

Manufacturers that use the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide, including a plant in Covington, face new restrictions in Georgia under legislation Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law. Read the full article: Capitol Beat News Service  Read more

Former University of Georgia gymnast Kathy McMinn has grown accustomed to suiting up in full COVID-19 gear. The first four-year UGA All-American in any sport is now a Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine doctor with the Wellstar Medical Group, treating the coronavirus on the frontlines. Read the full article:... Read more

The General Assembly passed legislation Wednesday to keep in place certain unemployment benefits that were expanded in Georgia during the coronavirus pandemic. Final passage of Senate Bill 408, by Sen. Brian Strickland, comes as Georgia continues grappling with the economic fallout from coronavirus, which prompted roughly 2 million people... Read more