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Georgia hospitals rarely disclose patient safety violations — sometimes fatal — to public, Telegraph analysis shows

July 16, 2019 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
Georgia hospitals rarely disclose patient safety violations — sometimes fatal — to public, Telegraph analysis shows

By Max Blau – Macon Telegraph In December 2017, Sidney Canada felt dizzy and disoriented. The 52-year-old Georgia father often struggled to get a decent night’s rest, due to his sleep apnea. When he couldn’t talk clearly, his wife wondered if he had...

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Georgia moves up in key rating of hospital safety

May 17, 2019 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
Georgia moves up in key rating of hospital safety

By Andy Miller – Georgia Health News More than one-third of Georgia hospitals scored an “A’’ in the latest safety ratings by the Leapfrog Group. That puts Georgia No. 15 among states for its percentage of hospitals getting an “A’’ from Leapfrog, up...

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Georgia Making Significant Strides in Hospital Safety

May 15, 2019 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

Atlanta, Georgia—May 15, 2019 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit aiming to improve health care quality for consumers, employers and purchasers, announced today the fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. Georgia ranks 15th in the nation for...

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Georgia Showing Significant Gains in Hospital Safety

November 8, 2018 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

Atlanta, Georgia—Nov. 8, 2018 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit aiming to improve health care quality for consumers, employers and purchasers, announced today the fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. Georgia ranks 17th in the nation for...

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Blue Cross Blue Shield will stop reimbursing some ER visits on July 1st

June 27, 2017 by wp_support 0 0 0

Starting July 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia is implementing a new policy that may result in unpaid bills for patients on the individual market who go to hospital emergency rooms for non-emergencies. Anthem, the parent company of Blue Cross in...

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Georgia Watch Comments on New CMS Informed Consent Rules

June 14, 2017 by wp_support 0 0 0

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed new regulations related to the informed consent documents patients receive prior to elective procedures in hospitals. These documents are critical to effectively engaging patients in...

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Battle heats up on ‘surprise billing’ in Georgia hospitals

February 6, 2017 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

By Ariel Hart – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution When Matthew Keadey and his wife went to have their baby at Northside Hospital, they had done their research. The facility was in their insurance network, and so was their doctor. Everything went fine...

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“Georgia lawmakers to tackle ‘surprise’ medical billing to patients”

January 27, 2017 by wp_support 0 0 0

Written by: Andy Miller, Georgia Health News Published: January 26, 2017 When his 5-year-old son suffered a burn injury, Michael Caraway took him to a local hospital emergency room. The hospital was in Caraway’s insurance network. His son got successful...

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As Ga.’s Rural Hospitals Close, Communities Deal With Effects

December 21, 2016 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

By Elly Wu – WABE 90.1 Cindy Jones still can’t help but think about the timing of things. Stewart-Webster Hospital, the place she and her family had gone to for years, closed in March of 2013. A month later, her husband Bill suffered a heart attack...

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State’s highest court will hear Northside open records case

December 13, 2016 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

By Andy Miller – Georgia Health News The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to hear a high-profile open records case involving Northside Hospital in Atlanta. The case involves the nonprofit hospital’s rejection of requests for information about its...

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“Less than one-quarter of Georgia hospitals score “A” in safety ratings”

November 3, 2016 by wp_support 0 0 0

Georgia Health News, Andy Miller – November 1, 2016 Just 22 percent of Georgia hospitals received an “A” grade on patient safety in the latest ratings from the Leapfrog Group. That put Georgia in a tie for 36th place among states ranked on...

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Engaging with Local Hospitals on Community Health

April 14, 2016 by wp_support 0 0 0

Is your hospital on this List? If so, it is a non-profit hospital, and most Georgia hospitals fall into this category. Non-profit hospitals do not have to pay most federal, state and local taxes.  In return for their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue...

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