Just weeks before the 2013 General Assembly convenes, the state’s provider fee, called a “bed tax’’ by some, remains a high-profile wild card – one that could deal Georgia’s hospital industry a crippling blow. If the fee is not renewed – and anti-tax forces will oppose it – the Medicaid system may lose $430 million-plus…
Grady Health System said Friday that hundreds of Grady EMS ambulance service patients are being notified that their personal information may have been stolen. An investigation by Advanced Data Processing Inc. (ADPI), which handles billing for Grady EMS, has found that an employee illegally accessed the firm’s ambulance billing system and stole personal information of…
A national expert says Georgia’s hospital cancer programs are delivering a quality of care that’s “right in line with what we’re seeing nationally.’’ The more than 40 accredited cancer programs in the state are showing “a consistent level of performance,’’ Andrew Stewart, senior manager of the National Cancer Database of the American College of Surgeons,…
Eleven Georgia hospitals rated an “A’’ grade on patient safety in an updated report card released Wednesday by the Leapfrog Group. The Washington-based nonprofit organization’s ratings come five months after its first scorecard, and reflect more current data and some adjustments in methodology. The new Leapfrog list gave 27 hospitals in Georgia a “B’’ and…
A new study has estimated that Georgia’s 10-year cost of expanding Medicaid under the health reform law would be $1.8 billion. Only five states – California, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida – would face a higher cost, the report said. The Georgia increase would represent a 4.1 percent hike in Medicaid spending through the year 2022, according…
Responding to a sudden vacancy, the Cancer Treatment Centers of America is moving the CEO of its Chicago-area hospital to fill the same post at its Georgia facility. The Illinois-based company said Anne Meisner will be the head of CTCA’s hospital in Newnan, in the southern part of metro Atlanta. She will replace Kane Dawson,…
Hulett Sumlin, who was administrator of Piedmont Hospital from 1965 until his retirement in 1991, recently passed away in Atlanta. He was 82. Sumlin, an Atlanta native and a University of Georgia graduate, started at Piedmont in 1956, and oversaw its move from the original hospital location on Capitol Avenue to its current home on…
Two metro Atlanta hospital systems announced Monday that they are forming a partnership, and they predict it will improve medical quality and reduce costs in a health care marketplace remodeled by the Affordable Care Act. Piedmont Healthcare and WellStar Health System will create the Georgia Health Collaborative, combining 2,393 hospital beds, 10 hospitals, seven urgent…
In August, the Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s new hospital opened its doors in Newnan. Now, three months later, the CEO of the cancer facility has resigned. The company isn’t commenting about Kane Dawson’s resignation. “We don’t discuss the departure of any employees,’’ said a CTCA spokeswoman, Kristin Schaner, in an email to GHN. Cancer Treatment…
What’s a good local nursing home for a loved one? Which hospital is closest to your home? Where would a personal care home resident go if a tornado damaged that facility? The answers just got closer. Now Georgians can search for all licensed health care facilities by city or ZIP code through a new webtool,…