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• Exchange Enrollment Hits Record Level in Georgia after Special Signup Period

  News, September 23, 2021

• September Surprise: Premium Hike Canceled for Many State Retirees

  News, September 10, 2018

• Medicaid, ACA, Rural Crisis, Regulations: Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Health Care

  News, September 06, 2018

• New Tax Break Urged to Help Health of Working Poor in Georgia

  News, September 05, 2018

• Unusual but Welcome: Two Health Insurers Opt to cut Exchange Rates

  News, August 24, 2018

• Cancer Report Ranks Georgia Low, Cites State’s Tobacco Tax, Funding

  News, August 15, 2018

• Good News for Teachers, State Employees as Insurance Rates Hold Steady for 2019

  News, August 13, 2018

• State’s Latest Health Rank Is More of the Same

  News, August 07, 2018

• Unfrozen: Feds Restore Payments under Disputed ACA Program

  News, July 26, 2018

• Federal Funding for ACA ‘Navigators’ to Drop Dramatically in Georgia

  News, July 12, 2018

• Multimillion-Dollar Mistake: Medicare Says Providers Were Overpaid

  News, June 29, 2018

• Carter Plays Key Role in Bringing Medical Clinic to His Hometown

  News, June 15, 2018

• Huge Hospital Merger Still Unfinished after State’s OK

  News, May 22, 2018

• New Report Says Medicaid Expansion Would Cover 473,000 More Georgians

  News, May 18, 2018

• Governor Deal Tells Health Care Giants to Settle Dispute or Face State ‘Action’

  News, April 17, 2018

• Blue Cross, Piedmont Claim Progress, But No Breakthrough

  News, April 11, 2018

• Out of Time and Out of Network: Piedmont, Blue Cross Fail to Reach Deal

  News, April 02, 2018

• Exchange Enrollment in State Likely to Fall Short of Previous Total

  News, December 14, 2017

• Survey Finds Georgia Employers Have Health Costs Below Average

  News, November 07, 2017

• Study: Georgia Would See Big Gains under GOP Bill, But Not Long Term

  News, September 21, 2017

• Senate Health Care Bill Debuts in Uncertain Environment

  News, June 23, 2017

• Georgia Slips Lower in Leapfrog Ratings on Hospital Safety

  News, April 13, 2017

• Affluent Suburban Counties Remain Georgia’s Healthiest, Rankings Show

  News, March 30, 2017

• State Shows Improvement in Health System Scorecard

  News, March 22, 2017

• Deal Supports Alternative to ACA . . .If It’s Fair to Georgia

  News, March 15, 2017

• Georgia’s Outlook Uncertain If Replacement for Obamacare Passes

  News, March 08, 2017

• ACA Repeal Would be Costly to CDC, Public Health, Says Report

  News, January 19, 2017

• Georgia Has Too Few Nurses, and the Problem Could Get Much Worse

  News, January 18, 2017

• Georgia Exchange Enrollment Edges Up as Trend Moderates

  News, January 06, 2017

• Interstate Health Insurance Sales Had Tryout in Georgia

  News, December 08, 2016

• How will a Trump Presidency Affect Health Care in Georgia?

  News, November 10, 2016

• Evacuating Patients: How a Hospital System Responded to a Hurricane

  News, October 11, 2016

• Lawmakers Begin Looking at Alternatives to Standard Medicaid Expansion

  News, October 06, 2016

• Rural Hospitals See Ray of Hope in Tax Credit Program

  News, September 28, 2016

• Kaiser Continues Winning Streak in Ratings of Health Plans

  News, September 27, 2016

• Georgia Again Ranks High in Rate of Uninsured

  News, September 14, 2016

• Donation Program for Rural Hospitals Opens Door for Consulting Firms

  News, August 25, 2016

• Blue Cross May Bump up Rates on Georgia Insurance Exchange

  News, August 22, 2016

• Aetna Leaving Georgia Insurance Exchange in 2017

  News, August 17, 2016

• Medicaid Expansion Would be Windfall for State, Report Says

  News, August 09, 2016

• Georgia Hospital Industry Fires Back at Feds’ Quality Ratings

  News, July 29, 2016

• Brian Kemp Decides to Delay Nursing Board Reassignment

  News, July 27, 2016

• Georgia Health Care Markets Show Improvements, but also Big Gaps

  News, July 15, 2016

• Medicaid Expansion: Much Debated but still not Studied in Georgia

  News, July 12, 2016

• Task Force Aims to Reshape Georgia Stance on Health Coverage

  News, June 22, 2016

• Will Louisiana’s Medicaid Expansion Provide a Model for Other States?

  News, June 21, 2016

• ER to Replace Full-service Ellijay Hospital

  News, June 09, 2016

• Georgia Remains Low in Senior Health Ranking

  News, June 01, 2016

• Some Rates in Georgia Insurance Exchange Could Soar in 2017

  News, May 24, 2016

• State Seeks Savings in Employee Health Plan

  News, May 17, 2016

• Loss of the Local Hospital Leaves a Big Hole in a Rural Region

  News, May 10, 2016

• United Quitting Georgia Exchange for Next Year

  News, April 11, 2016

• Obama, Visiting Atlanta, Calls for Bigger Anti-drug Commitment

  News, March 30, 2016

• WellStar Closing in on Major Hospital Deals

  News, February 25, 2016

• Killing CON in Georgia? Repeal Bill will Face Fight

  News, February 22, 2016

• A Small, Surprising Step Toward a Big Change in Health Coverage in Georgia?

  News, February 18, 2016

• ACA Enrollment Tops 587,000 in Ga., but Insurers Nervous over Signup Rules

  News, February 05, 2016

• State Senator Expects Legislation on Insurance Reforms

  News, December 16, 2015

• Broader Strategy: From Local Hospitals to Regional Players

  News, December 11, 2015

• Judge Keeps Suit Against CON Laws Alive

  News, December 03, 2015

• Another Rural Georgia Hospital Going Out of Business

  News, November 09, 2015

• Open Enrollment Year 3: Bigger Fine, Low Growth

  News, October 29, 2015

• A Remedy for Rural Hospitals: Treating Patients Away from the ER

  News, October 21, 2015

• Unsuccessful Bidders Protest State Medicaid and PeachCare Contract

  News, October 06, 2015

• Grady Jumps into Bidding for Southern Regional

  News, October 01, 2015

• Georgia Uninsured Rate Dips

  News, September 17, 2015

• Georgia Cancer Hospital Bid to Ease Rules Takes New Route

  News, September 11, 2015

• Georgia Nursing Home Group Picks New Leader

  News, September 01, 2015

• President Carter Says Cancer Has Spread to His Brain

  News, August 21, 2015

• Challenge Against ALS Catches on in Georgia's Health Community

  News, August 27, 2014

• Hotline Helps Connect Georgians to Benefits

  News, August 26, 2014

• Freestanding ERs Target Suburbs, Rural Panel Told

  News, August 26, 2014

• Key Activist Group Sees Flaws in State Health Plan

  News, August 19, 2014

• State Health Plan Choice for 2015 Draws Praise

  News, August 15, 2014

• Medicaid, Uninsured Data Show Impact on Georgia

  News, August 13, 2014

• Emory Gains Spotlight During Ebola Treatment

  News, August 07, 2014

• Time of Change and Crisis in the Hospital World

  Features, August 04, 2014

  The financial turmoil rocking Georgia’s hospitals shows no signs of fading. Just this past week, Emory-Adventist Hospital announced it would close by the end of October. By doing so, the Smyrna hospital would become the fifth Georgia hospital to close within the past two years. And unlike the previous four, it is in the affluent Atlanta suburbs, not a struggling rural area.

• Georgia Plays Role as World Focuses on Ebola

  News, August 04, 2014

• Smyrna's Emory-Adventist Hospital Plans to Close

  News, July 31, 2014

• The PA Pipeline: More Trained to Fill Georgia's Growing Need

  News, July 29, 2014

• State Says it’s Hard at Work on Medicaid Backlog

  News, July 28, 2014

• Insurers to Pay $11 Million in Georgia Rebates

  News, July 25, 2014

• Azalea Merger Shows Health IT Still Blooming in Georgia

  Features, July 24, 2014

  Seven years ago, Baha Zeidan and two of his Valdosta colleagues entered a local competition for business plans, looking to build on their idea for a health care software startup. On Tuesday, seven years after the contest award, the company announced a merger with Alpharetta-based simplifyMD, another private health IT firm. The merged company will have 70 employees and will have offices in Valdosta, Alpharetta and Macon as well as in Gainesville, Fla. The merger underscores the importance of the health IT sector in Georgia, and its broad geographic reach within the state.