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Midterm elections could impact Medicaid expansion
Five hotly contested governor races could have a big impact on Medicaid expansion. If the Democrats take Florida, Maine, Kansas, Wisconsin and Georgia, an additional 1.7 million people would likely become eligible for Medicaid coverage.
Cutbacks may save Georgia hospitals from closure
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) announced a plan this week to help struggling rural hospitals stay open by cutting back their operations, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Practitioners vent EHR concerns in newspaper op-eds
Tired of suffering in silence, physician practices are turning to the editorial pages of their local newspapers to publicize their concerns with their electronic health records.
Regulation, database the right solutions for prescription abuse?
Florida's sweeping "pill mill bill" passed in July has been successful in thwarting physicians in the state from writing excessive prescriptions for dangerously addictive painkillers. In particular,
Georgia is first known state to opt out of high-risk pools
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine responded ahead of deadline to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius's request for states' plans regarding high-risk pools. He was the
Missouri high court keeps malpractice caps, says they cannot be retroactively applied
While the Supreme Court in Missouri didn't go as far as those in Illinois and Georgia in declaring medical malpractice damage award caps to be unconstitutional, it did take a step in that direction
Georgia Supreme Court ends malpractice caps
Following in the footsteps of Illinois, the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ended limits to jury awards for malpractice damages. By upholding a nearly $1.35 million award for Betty Nestlehutt, whose
State high courts consider challenges to medical malpractice award caps
While the White House is working to soothe the fears of opponents who say that President Obama's reform proposals don't do enough to tame medical malpractice costs, a pair of cases going before high
GA cancer group shares data with community centers
A Georgia-based cancer group has plans to use a statewide healthcare information exchange to share evidence-based medicine with community-based cancer centers. The HIE will serve as an intermediary
