A jury in Valdosta on Wednesday found the former CEO of Archbold Medical Center guilty on all six counts of Medicaid fraud. Jurors deliberated two and a half hours before rendering the verdict against Ken Beverly. He will be sentenced at a later date. Prosecutor Jim Crane cited ‘’large pensions’’ as the reason why Beverly…
A quirk in the sweeping health care reform law has the potential to cost Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta $500,000 to $600,000 annually. The Affordable Care Act halted large discounts that children’s hospitals nationally were receiving on so-called ‘’orphan drugs,’’ used to treat rare medical conditions. As the New York Times reported in a Wednesday story,…
For years, Ken Beverly was a powerful voice, testifying on behalf of hospitals at the General Assembly and taking his message to the media. As the longtime president and CEO of Archbold Medical Center, Beverly helped make the health system a major hospital player in Georgia. The Thomasville-based organization operates four hospitals and three nursing…
Recent departures of CEOs at three large urban health systems created big waves within the Georgia hospital industry. At the same time, though with less public attention, an even bigger exodus of hospital CEOs has rocked rural areas of the state. A new survey shows that one of every three CEO positions at Georgia rural…
It was past midnight, and my brain was still fogged from pain medication and muscle relaxers. Yet I listened like a devout acolyte as the ER nurse gave instructions on my care at home. I would do anything to prevent those horrible back spasms – and a return trip to the hospital.
The job-creating machine of health care has hummed along even during the recent economic slump. The sector added 239,000 positions nationally during the 12 months ending in October, with hospitals and their umbrella health systems generating thousands of new positions.
Health care interests figure prominently for the lobbyists working for Nathan Deal’s transition team and inaugural committee. Jim Walls has an article on Atlanta Unfiltered reviewing the client lists for lobbyists who are helping the governor-elect.
About one in seven Medicare hospital patients experienced an ”adverse event” during their hospital stay, says a government study released Tuesday, USA Today reports. The newspaper said the study is the first of its kind aimed at understanding such problems in hospital care. Here’s a link to the Office of Inspector General’s report.
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.
Three big health systems, three big transitions. The CEO shakeups among North Georgia hospitals continued this week with the resignation of Jim Gardner at Northeast Georgia Health System in Gainesville. Gardner‘s departure followed the recent resignation of Kirk Wilson at Saint Joseph’s Health System in Atlanta, and the September firing of Gregory Simone at Cobb…