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Federal grant to boost nurse, doctor pay at rural Cairo, Georgia, hospital

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Rural communities across South Georgia have long complained about shrinking health care options as costs continue to rise. Now, a new federal grant is expected to help a hospital in Cairo keep its doctors and nurses on staff by boosting pay. Archbold Grady, a hospital in Cairo,...

Grady County, GA · 09-25
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‘The math does not work’: Georgia foster care presentation shows ongoing financial challenges

A recent meeting about foster care costs in the Georgia Legislature said the department was running a $136 per day deficit.

Georgia · 09-25

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Georgia neurosurgery leader dies at 80

Gerald Kadis, MD, a neurosurgeon who practiced at John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Ga., for 46 years, died Sept. 16 following an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 80. Dr. Kadis completed his neurosurgical training at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital before joining Archbold in 1979, where he remained until...

Thomasville, GA · 09-22
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Physician pay reform’s missing piece

Two federal initiatives, CMS’ AHEAD model and the Rural Health Transformation Program, could help move physician payment toward rewarding outcomes over volume, according to a Sept. 24 Commonwealth Fund blog post by Lauren Testa, senior vice president of Impact Health Policy Partners. The analysis comes as Congress weighs bipartisan...

Georgia · 09-24
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Georgia company, owners agree to pay $825K over Medicare claims

A Georgia medical equipment company and its owners have agreed to pay $825,000 to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare, officials announced Monday.

Georgia · 09-22

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AdventHealth Georgia Leader Appointed to Georgia Department of Community Health’s GREAT Health Advisory Council

Scotty Hancock, Executive Director of Community Advocacy for AdventHealth Georgia Market, has been appointed to serve on the Georgia Department of Community Health GREAT Health Advisory Council, a statewide body dedicated to strengthening healthcare access and outcomes in rural communities across Georgia. The GREAT Health Advisory Council is charged with...

Georgia · 09-24

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Keisha Lance Bottoms talks Medicaid; new poll results

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms pledged to expand Medicaid in Georgia during a weekend campaign stop in Cobb County as the race for governor enters its final stretch. Bottoms and Jackson also reacted to the most recent poll results.

Cobb County, GA · 09-21

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Children’s ranked No. 1 pediatric hospital in Southeast

ATLANTA — Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has been ranked as the No. 1 pediatric hospital in the Southeast and Georgia, landing itself among the nation’s top pediatric hospitals for 2026-27 on the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals list. The report ranks hospitals for excellence...

Atlanta, GA · 09-23

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Georgia hospitals face fines for not posting price information for services on their websites

Five years after the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule took effect, a new report from the nonprofit Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) finds that 65% of Georgia’s hospitals are complying with federal laws to share cost information with potential patients, which is better than the national average of 49%. Hospitals...

Georgia · 09-22

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Neonatal intensive care admissions rising in Ga., S.C.

More parents and newborns across Georgia and South Carolina are requiring neonatal intensive care each year, according to federal health data.

South Carolina · 09-23

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Bottoms pledges Medicaid expansion; candidates react to latest poll

ATLANTA - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms pledged to expand Medicaid in Georgia during a weekend campaign stop in Cobb County as the race for governor enters its final stretch. Bottoms talks Medicaid expansion. What they're saying:. Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, said Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program leaves...

Georgia · 09-21

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Keisha Lance Bottoms promises grocery tax relief during Cobb Dems visit

SMYRNA — Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms promised to relieve taxes on groceries if elected governor. Bottoms, who addressed the Cobb County Democratic Committee in Smyrna on Saturday morning, made the promise as part of a broader plan to tackle cost of living concerns, which Pew Research Center found among voters’ top concerns going into the 2026 midterm elections. Bottoms said she wants to work with local governments to alleviate sales tax on groceries by temporarily suspending or, if the budget allows, getting rid of taxes on groceries. According to the county website, Cobb County levies a 2% countywide sales tax on various products. The state levies another 4% sales tax. Bottoms said her plan was inspired by her own family struggling to afford groceries growing up. “I remember those days standing in line with my mother, where you’d go in the grocery store and you would fill up the cart, and then when you got to the register and the total came up and you stood there, one by one taking things off, putting it back, until you got to that magic number you had in your pocket,” Bottoms said. In addition to

Cobb County, GA · 09-20

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Neonatal intensive care admissions rising in Ga., S.C

Georgia · 09-23

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Health Connect South still connecting after 13 gatherings

One of my favorite annual events is Health Connect South. It brings together a rich array of people all interested in the same goal — improving health outcomes for everyone. The energy inside and outside the meeting rooms is undeniable. Part of the magic of the day is planned...

Georgia · 09-22

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MCG Outreach Program Offers Rural Georgia Hospitals Life-Saving Trauma Training

In rural Georgia hospitals, where critically injured patients are rare but the stakes could be life-or-death, a Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University training program is bringing advanced trauma skills directly to emergency room staff who need them most. Over the last year, a team of MCG physicians has...

Georgia · 09-22

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Are Georgia families vaccinating their kids? Emory expands tracker

The fall season is around the corner, and with it come seasonal allergies, colds that spread through classrooms and some more worrisome infections that pick up as the temperatures go down. From whooping cough to chicken pox to influenza , vaccines have been around for decades to try and stop the spread and decrease the number of severe infections. But in recent years, the number of children who are getting vaccinated has also decreased. Now, researchers from the Emory University Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analytics and Training Hub have expanded their data on vaccination rates in states across the country to see where children are most protected — and where they aren't. Here's what to know about the tracking website. What vaccines are tracked by VaxImpactMap? VaxImpactMap , developed at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, tracks vaccination rates for six infectious diseases: rotavirus, pertussis, pneumococcal disease, viracella, Hib and RSV. They may be more commonly known as a stomach flus, whooping cough, pneumonias and sinus infections, chicken pox, and other severe infections. Data on vaccination rates are reported by state, and researchers use this data to see what the long-term impacts are

Georgia · 09-21

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Georgia House member ordered to pay $10K over fraudulent COVID unemployment payments

GA State Representative Dexter Sharper faces federal charges for allegedly fraudently collecting COVID-19 unemployment funds.

Lowndes County, GA · 09-18

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The lowest-rated health plans of 2026: NCQA

Of the 956 health plans rated by the NCQA in 2026, 15 received a rating of 2 stars or lower. The ratings, published Sept. 15, evaluate plans on clinical quality, patient experience and health plan accreditation status. A total of 18 plans received a 5-star rating. See the list of the best-rated plans here.

Georgia · 09-21

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River Edge Behavioral Health expands into six Middle Georgia counties

MACON, Ga. (WPGA) - River Edge Behavioral Health is expanding its reach across Middle Georgia to ensure rural communities have access to behavioral care. Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Washington and Wilkinson counties will now receive services from River Edge Behavioral Health. River Edge had already been doing some work in...

Putnam County, GA · 09-17

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Georgia hospitals have $145B economic impact on state

Georgia hospitals are considered among the state’s most important economic engines, helping to create and support more than 590,000 full- and part-time jobs.

Georgia · 09-18