To hear Congressmen Buddy Carter (GA-1) and Doug Collins (GA-9) tell it, the insurance giant Humana is improperly using pharmacy quality measures to drive small pharmacies out of business. On Tuesday, the congressmen sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expressing concern over Humana’s proposed amendment to its Pharmacy Provider Agreement
The Savannah Morning News has published a lengthy and provocative editorial, spurred by State Senator Renee Untermann’s recent statements, calling for lawmakers to reconsider Georgia’s rejection of the Medicaid expansion under the ACA. From the generally conservative editorial team: Locally, Memorial Health University Medical Center is losing millions of dollars annually, in large part because
North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay closed last week, becoming the latest rural healthcare facility in Georgia to stop doing business. As reported in Georgia Health News, the facility’s owner, Sunlink Health System, will lease its emergency room and medical building to Piedmont Healthcare of Atlanta, which will operate the facility as a satellite of
…and now for a moment of personal privilege. A friend of mine since childhood (yes, I had one once. It didn’t last long) is running for the National Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Man of the Year. Stephen Beckwith has been in a ten week campaign to raise money to fight cancer. He and thirteen others
Senator Renee Unterman of Buford has touched on a sensitive subject for Georgia Republicans. The chairman of the Senate’s Health and Human Services committee told WABE News that she thinks it’s time to look into expanding Medicaid in Georgia, albeit with a few caveats. Under the ACA, the federal government expanded Medicaid coverage to all
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted 68 -29 to provide $1.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for a potential outbreak of the Zika virus in the United States. The Georgia delegation split with Senator Johnny Isakson voting yea and Senator David Perdue voting nay. Both senators sent out press releases to address the issue.
The U.S. House Republican Conference is planning to roll out a list of policy solutions prior to the Republican National Convention in July, according to 6th District Congressman Tom Price, who spoke at Saturday’s Fulton County GOP breakfast. Comparing the proposals to 1994’s Contract with America, Price told those at the breakfast that “If this
On Thursday, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the Obama administration exceeded its authority by subsidizing health insurers who participate in the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Former Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans filed the lawsuit claiming that the reimbursements were unconstitutional because the money for the reimbursements had not been
From Jan Skutch at the Savannah Morning News, Novant Health withdraws from Memorial partnership deal: Novant Health Inc. officials this afternoon informed Memorial University Medical Center officials they were terminating negotiations on the long-anticipated partnership agreement that Memorial officials have said was a “make or break” deal for the healthcare provider’s future. “I regret to
In 2011, Caroline was a staffer for Johnny Isakson when she first got sick. She had just ended a 4 year relationship that she had expected to become marriage, not a return to single life. After a month of strange physical ailments and trips between Atlanta and DC things took a turn for the worst.
