This Commentary is written by Jean Moody-Williams, regional CMS administrator Leveraging community partnerships and critical data is one of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ key strategies to help tailor prevention and treatment efforts to combat the opioid crisis, particularly in rural communities. With that aim, CMS launched... Read more
This is the year to finally reform Certificate of Need
Commentary February 27, 2019 4
Perhaps the biggest health care battle of our lifetime exploded almost a decade ago when Congress rammed through Obamacare. As a result, patient choices have been limited while the cost of health care skyrocketed. What consumers have cried for since then is not only some sanity in the cost... Read more
Eliminating CON laws would put profits ahead of patients
Commentary February 24, 2019 0
There are many good reasons why Georgia, like most other states in this country, has rejected decades of efforts by cream-skimming profit-seekers to repeal certificate-of-need laws. CON laws strike a balance between improving access to care, recognizing that a “free-market” system won’t work because hospitals must legally and ethically... Read more
CON laws help hospitals, but they hurt patients
Commentary February 18, 2019 0
In his recent State of the Union address, President Trump pointed out that although progress is being made on a variety of health care issues, health care costs are just too expensive for the average American. One reason is this: Hospitals are the most expensive delivery point in the... Read more
Rural health care challenges
Aug 7, 2019 0
Atlanta’s Legionnaires’ outbreak
Aug 7, 2019 0
Cancer-causing air pollution
Jul 24, 2019 0
New federal regulations will seriously undermine family planning services
Commentary April 8, 2019 3