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State eyeing Medicaid expansion options
Gov. Nathan Deal has for months argued that the state can’t afford to expand its already-strained Medicaid program to include at least 650,000 more Georgians. His administration, though, is quietly studying ways other states are expanding in case an alternative emerges. Deal’s aides said budget analysts are just doing due ...
New VA hospital leader promises fixes
The new head of the Atlanta VA Medical Center said Monday it’s too soon to say whether any top managers will be fired following scathing federal reports of widespread mismanagement linked to the deaths of three veterans. Newly-appointed Director Leslie Wiggins said she plans to spend her first 30 days ...
CDC: Mental disorders rising in children
Millions of American children suffer from depression, anxiety, autism spectrum disorders and an array of other mental health issues, and the prevalence of such conditions is rising, a new study shows. Roughly one in five children experience a mental disorder in a given year, according to a report released Thursday ...
Atlanta VA Medical Center gets new director
A new director will take the reins of the Atlanta VA Medical Center next week amid recent reports of the deaths of three veterans linked to widespread mismanagement in the hospital’s mental health unit. Leslie Wiggins, who has worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs since 1993, will take ...
Lawmakers call for VA hospital changes following fourth suicide
The head of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs said Friday that top leaders at the Atlanta VA Medical Center clearly had “something to hide” after failing to reveal the suicide of a Georgia veteran at the hospital last fall. U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and four Georgia congressmen ...
Funding for health centers to help consumers choose insurance
Twenty-nine government-supported community health centers in Georgia now have access to $3.5 million in federal money to help uninsured individuals enroll in health coverage made available through the Affordable Care Act. Nationwide, $150 million will be provided to health centers to provide consumers with in-person help to understand the insurance ...
Congressmen call for more action at VA hospital
Atlanta VA Medical Center officials are taking action to correct mismanagement in the facility’s mental health unit, but more needs to be done, members of a congressional delegation said Monday after visiting the Decatur hospital. “If I think somebody needs to be fired, I will not rest until they’re gone,” ...
Inspectors find problems at Decatur VA hospital
Missing medications, improperly cleaned medical equipment and a doctor performing a procedure he didn’t have permission to do are among numerous problems recently discovered at the Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur. Inspectors from a national group that accredits health care facilities noted dozens of instances of nurses, doctors and ...
Thousands of Georgia veterans could be left out of Medicaid
Poor, uninsured military veterans and their spouses in Georgia won’t gain the same access to critical health coverage that hundreds of thousands of their peers will receive in states that plan to expand Medicaid. More than 83,000 Georgia veterans and their spouses under age 65 don’t have health insurance, the ...
State moves toward ‘managed’ Medicaid
Years of budget cuts and soaring health care costs are spurring big changes to the state’s ailing Medicaid program, and they could affect how hundreds of thousands of Georgia’s most vulnerable citizens get medical care. Starting next year, state health officials plan to dramatically expand the use of outside companies ...
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