More than 80 percent of Georgia AARP members say they’re worried that doctors may stop treating older patients due to an impending Medicare pay cut to physicians, according to a new survey. The survey of Georgia AARP members was released Thursday as physician groups and seniors gathered at a news conference at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hospital…
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday that it will give the Grady Health Foundation more than $2 million over five years to help support Grady Memorial Hospital. The money will go to capital improvements such as ICU patient monitoring equipment at the downtown Atlanta hospital.
One fascinating story to watch in the upcoming session of the General Assembly is whether the state’s public health program will become a stand-alone agency. Legislative approval of an independent agency would follow last year’s creation of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which was broken off from Human Resources (DHR) amid the…
Last year, my father died at age 88. And while he spoke of having a living will, he never got around to doing one. That presented a quandary for my brothers and me, when he went into an intensive care unit in a hospital.