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One Nation Overcharged event highlights health care costs in Georgia
WSFA
Mother angry after UnitedHealthcare deems traumatic brain injury treatment ‘not medically necessary’ for son
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WYFF) — The family of a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury is frustrated after UnitedHealthcare deemed their requests for rehabilitation and long-term care “medically unnecessary.”. Peyton Alvarez, 25, was riding a motorcycle in April when he veered off the road and hit a...
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Conyers Therapy Center Owner Billed Medicaid Using a Dead Psychiatrist's Name
A Fulton County grand jury has indicted the 74-year-old owner of a metro Atlanta mental health provider on charges he kept billing Medicaid under a psychiatrist's name for roughly two years after the doctor had died. Desmond Maul, of Conyers, is accused of collecting more than $88,000 in Medicaid payments between August 2021 and September 2023 for services tied to a psychiatrist who was no longer alive.
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News Release: Transwestern Retained to Lease 415,000 SF Medical Outpatient Campus in Metro Atlanta
(AUGUST. 27, 2026 – ATLANTA) – Transwestern announces its Southeast Healthcare Advisory Services group has been retained to provide Agency Leasing services for Northside Alpharetta Medical Campus, a four-building, 415,000-square-foot property at 3400 Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta, Georgia. Transwestern Managing Director John V. Lopez and Vice President Bo Stuart will lead leasing efforts on behalf of the owner, Evergreen Medical Properties.
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Health Advocates Gather in Atlanta to Address High HIV Infection Rates and Funding Shifts
Health advocates, community leaders, and healthcare providers gathered in metro Atlanta to confront one of the region’s most pressing public health challenges: an HIV infection rate that researchers continue to label “unacceptably high.”. The gathering coincided with the Southern AIDS Coalition’s annual Saving Ourselves Symposium, a four-day conference...
fox5atlanta.com
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Gwinnett Daily Post
Piedmont Eastside opens outpatient behavioral health practice in Snellville
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center opened an outpatient behavioral health practice on its south campus in Snellville this week. The clinic is the first outpatient behavioral health practice in the Piedmont system. It is located at 2160 Fountain Drive, Suite 200 in Snellville, Georgia off of Stone Mountain Highway. “At Piedmont, we know that behavioral health care can be life-changing, and patients deserve access to high-quality support close to home,” said Larry Ebert, chief executive officer of Piedmont Eastside. “Opening this outpatient behavioral health practice reflects our commitment to providing compassionate, patient-centered care at every stage of the health journey. By expanding access to specialized services and creating a seamless experience between inpatient and outpatient settings, we can better support the mental health and well-being of our patients and their families.” Psychiatrists Brian Wright, M.D., Piedmont Eastside’s medical director of behavioral health, Muhammad S. Ahmed, M.D., and Hamid Redha Shirazi, D.O., will practice at the new location. These board-certified psychiatrists provide specialized care for adults, including seniors, and they treat a wide range of mental health conditions. In addition, they oversee advanced interventional psychiatric services, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and esketamine therapy. “Every patient deserves access to
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Piedmont Athens Regional Celebrates Procedure Milestone
Piedmont Athens Regional has reached a major milestone in cardiovascular care, successfully completing its 1,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. The milestone procedure was performed today by structural heart cardiologists Khan Pohlel, M.D. and Benjamin Holland, M.D., along with cardiothoracic surgeon J. Trent Magruder, M.D. and a multidisciplinary team of support staff.
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Atlanta’s expanding healthcare access brings new hospital capacity
• Atlanta is pursuing new hospital capacity on the southside and westside, with a $200 million Fulton County funding request tied to a Morehouse School of Medicine proposal. • Grady’s more than $1 billion South Fulton expansion is already underway, with emergency care operating and a 200-bed hospital planned by 2031.
The Current GA
On the road: Keisha Lance Bottoms’ ‘Southeast Georgia Health Care Tour’
The Current’s Justin Taylor spent three days with the Keisha Lance Bottoms campaign to document what it looks like for a statewide candidate to work for votes outside of Atlanta in Coastal Georgia. The Democratic candidate for governor came to the coast recently, making stops in Woodbine, Brunswick and Richmond Hill. She ended the trip at the Georgia Democratic Convention in Savannah where she made her case for turnout in her run against Republican candidate Rick Jackson.