Routine HIV testing of inmates when they enter jails would lead to many more diagnosed infections and overall would save costs on health care, a recently published study says. Researchers from the CDC, Emory University and the Georgia Department of Public Health focused on an HIV testing change at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta….
Health care is a collaborative effort: Medical professionals and their patients must work together to achieve good outcomes. But there are outside factors that can frustrate these efforts. One such factor is a lack of decent housing for many patients. There are a surprising number of Georgians who leave their doctors’ appointments — or check out…
A Georgia resident has tested positive for the recently discovered Omicron variant of Covid-19, state Public Health officials reported Friday evening. The Georgian is currently in New Jersey. The person, who was not identified, recently was in South Africa and then went to New Jersey, where the Covid tests were performed. The individual is fully…
Democrat Stacey Abrams’ entry Wednesday into the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial race almost guarantees that health care will be a leading issue in the campaign. Abrams, who narrowly lost to Brian Kemp in the 2018 race, pushed Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act as a top priority in that campaign. As governor, Kemp has taken…
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-Ga.) said Monday that the health insurance provisions in the social policy and climate change bill pending in Congress would be a “game changer’’ for Georgia. The $1.7 trillion legislative package, which recently passed the U.S. House, would offer coverage in the health insurance exchange for hundreds of thousands of Georgia…
This year’s Thanksgiving holiday features one enormous difference from last year’s: Vaccinations. Fortunately, the Covid-19 vaccine became available earlier this year, and by now, about half of Georgians have received the shots. Vaccinations have significantly lightened the mood around the country in regard to the virus, though Covid cases have begun to rise again. Two-thirds…
A large Georgia-based health care company and its affiliates have agreed to pay $4.2 million to resolve allegations in a false-claims case involving its home health business, federal officials announced Monday. Besides providing home care services, PruittHealth, based in Norcross in metro Atlanta, is one of the South’s largest nursing home chains, with more than 50…
The term “340B” sounds like a savings plan offered to an investor. In reality, it’s a health care program that does have a savings element to it – for both hospitals and patients. 340B is a drug pricing program that lets health systems save millions of dollars on drug costs, increasing access to prescription medicines…
Dr. Jonathan Lewin is stepping down as Emory Healthcare CEO and chairman after six years — a period that saw strong growth in the Atlanta-based system. Lewin, who is also executive vice president for health affairs of Emory University and executive director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, will remain in all the positions until a…
Marietta City Schools vaccinated 383 children Saturday morning at Park Street Elementary, the latest in a series of vaccine clinics the district has hosted, and the first to vaccinate students aged 5 to 11. The district partnered with Poole’s Pharmacy to host the clinic, administering first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The second dose for…