Georgia Power plans to phase out coal, but ash remains problem
While Georgia Power is planning to retire its coal fleet, the state’s biggest utility still has to deal with coal ash, a byproduct from burning all that coal. The company fielded questions about how...
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Wellstar closing ER, hospital beds at struggling East Point site, still seeks...
Wellstar Health System in recent years has been exploring options – including a sale or partnership — for its Atlanta Medical Center and an affiliate hospital in East Point. A different option...
View ArticleWhen resolved medical bills keep popping up
There’s no national data to indicate how often patients or their families receive medical bills that were previously paid or forgiven, but hospital billing experts say they frequently see it happen....
View ArticleGeorgia rolls back Covid precautions 2 years after shutdown
On April 3, 2020, Gov. Brian Kemp established a statewide shelter-in-place order, which he lifted a month later. Today, cases, hospitalizations and deaths across the state are all relatively low by...
View ArticleGeorgia roads deadly for pedestrians, report finds
Even as roads emptied during the pandemic, the number of people struck and killed by drivers rose in Georgia, making the state one of the most dangerous for pedestrians, according to a new report....
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With Georgia case pending, Centene probed in California
By Samantha Young, Kaiser Health News Prescription drug costs for California’s massive Medicaid program were draining the state budget, so in 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the private sector for help....
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Fulton chairman floats tax hike as East Point hospital exit looms
By Ariel Hart and Andy Miller Facing the looming closure of a hospital in East Point, Fulton County officials and Grady Health System representatives are discussing ways to continue providing for...
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Can an out-of-state hospital system block a new project in Georgia?
The owners of an aging northwest Georgia hospital want to replace it with a smaller state-of-the-art facility about 5 miles away and closer to I-75. Under the state’s regulatory certificate-of-need...
View ArticleDeKalb board to reconsider decision on high school renovations
In February, the DeKalb School Board voted to remove a “modernization” of Druid Hills High School from a list of proposed school repair and renovation projects sent to the Georgia Department of...
View ArticleJudge extends order keeping Northside in Anthem’s network
A judge issued a significant ruling Wednesday in the ongoing dispute between Northside Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance. Most importantly for the 400,000 Northside patients with...
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