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No out-of-state insurers offer plans in Georgia
A new law that allows Georgians to buy health insurance plans approved by other states was envisioned as free-market solution that would lower prices and increase choices.So far, the law has failed to produce results: Not a single insurer is offering a policy under the new law.“Nobody has even asked ...
Georgians to get insurance rebates
Georgia consumers and businesses will get an estimated $30 million in rebates from health insurers who spent more on overhead and profits than allowed under the federal health care law, according to an analysis from the non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation. The typical rebates won't be huge. The average pay-out will ...
Emory says 315,000 hospital patient files are missing
Emory Healthcare announced Wednesday that it cannot locate 10 computer discs containing personal and health information of 315,000 patients.The missing discs held back-up data that included information on all patients who had surgery at Emory University Hospital, Emory University Midtown and The Emory Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Center between September 1990 ...
Patient data missing for 315,000 Emory patients
Personal and health information for about 315,000 patients is missing, Emory Healthcare announced Wednesday. The hospital system has been unable to find 10 computer discs containing the data.The missing discs held information on all patients who had surgery at Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown and The Emory Clinic ...
Fundraiser to help kids with brain tumors
Consumer guru Clark Howard will help children afflicted with brain and spinal cord tumors with a fundraiser this month at his Buckhead home. The April 28 event will benefit the Butterfly Fund of the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children, which provides emergency financial assistance to families with kids in treatment. ...
Healthcare decision has high stakes for 2 million uninsured Georgians
The Supreme Court hearings this week on the federal law requiring citizens to buy health insurance have widespread implications in Georgia -- where about 2 million residents have no health insurance.The mandate calls for almost everyone to obtain insurance or face a penalty. But studies of the law's potential impact ...
Georgia a player in health law case today
When the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments Monday on the health care law, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens will have a coveted seat in the courtroom, where where he will monitor the case on behalf of the state's residents.Georgia is one of the 26 states challenging the law on constitutional ...
Spiritual connection helps man kick cocaine
Christmas was days away when Dutch Nelson reached rock bottom. The former high school football star and standout student was in the Cherokee County jail. In the preceding months, he had ruined his marriage, lost his job, abandoned his dedication to sobriety and reconciled with an old friend: cocaine.In a ...
Drug court gave woman 'stability' to get life back
For many years, Charlotte Whitlock's bedroom was the most comfortable spot she could find under a city bridge.She would break down cardboard boxes she found on the streets and put those on top of rocks or concrete, the way the other crackheads and bridge dwellers had shown her, then she ...
Insurance bill passes House
The state House on Monday approved a bill that is designed to help consumers once again buy child-only health insurance policies.Many large insurers stopped writing the child-only policies after a provision of the national health care law banned insurers from turning down children for coverage because of pre-existing conditions.The legislation, ...
Disgrace in drug court
One Georgia drug court attracted widespread national attention over the past year.In January, Amanda Williams, the chief judge in Brunswick who presided over Georgia’s largest drug court, resigned in disgrace amid charges that she behaved in a tyrannical manner and locked up some drug court defendants indefinitely, with orders they ...
Drug court: Saving money, saving lives
Editor's Note: This is the first in a five-part series on accountability courts — intensive programs lasting a year or more in which defendants must prove that they can abide by the law. An Alpharetta mom so amped up on meth she spent eight hours cleaning her oven with Q-tips. ...
Lawmakers hear testimony on criminal justice bill
A bill that would change Georgia’s approach to criminal punishment got its first hearing Thursday before a joint committee of the state House and Senate.House Bill 1176 seeks to improve public safety and control growth of the state’s massive prison system by using alternatives to prison for nonviolent offenders.Judges, prosecutors ...
Sweeping criminal justice changes proposed
State legislative leaders on Monday proposed sweeping changes to criminal justice in Georgia, including a plan to reduce prison terms for some offenders and divert others into treatment rather than locking them up. House Bill 1176 asserts that prison is by far the most expensive way to punish nonviolent offenders ...
Legislators seek action on Georgia insurance exchange
Sen. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, and Rep. Pat Gardner, D-Atlanta, urged the General Assembly on Thursday to take action on legislation (House Bill 801 and Senate Bill 418) that would establish a new health insurance marketplace in Georgia.The legislators said Georgia needs to move forward with setting up a marketplace to ...
Georgia hospitals rated on infections
Seven Georgia hospitals -- including four in metro Atlanta -- scored worse than the national benchmark for cases of potentially-deadly bloodstream infections.Emory Midtown, Northside Hospital, Piedmont Henry Hospital and Southern Regional Medical Center all performed worse than their peers for rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units, ...
Atlanta Medical Center, South Fulton Medical Center seek consolidation
Atlanta Medical Center and financially ailing South Fulton Medical Center announced Wednesday that they will seek state permission to consolidate the two hospitals. Both hospitals are owned by the Tenet Healthcare Corp. The 338-bed South Fulton Medical Center in East Point has been losing millions of dollars annually in recent years, according ...
A 2nd cancer center in Georgia the goal
Gov. Nathan Deal has taken aim at cancer deaths in Georgia with a plan to help Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta join an elite group of cancer centers.The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in Georgia, a state where the disease ...
Waiting game may cost Georgia control
As lawmakers prepare to return Monday, our team of journalists spends this week helping you better understand the issues facing the state. Today we look at the federal health care law. Georgia legislators who oppose the federal health care law face a dilemma: Should they seize an opportunity to put ...
Georgia rethinks its prison stance
Conservative states across the South have altered their approach to criminal sentencing in recent years by replacing the tough-on-crime mantra with a “smart on crime” philosophy that supporters say saves money and could even cut repeat offenses. Georgia may be next. The General Assembly this winter will debate a shift ...
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