Georgia news and information

If Dr. Najam Azmat was not behind bars, he could still see patients in a hospital or clinic in Georgia.
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The Millen, Ga., school system began offering telemedicine last month, provided by the Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth.
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The Georgia Senate has approved a proposal that would require nurses to report alleged professional violations by their colleagues.
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A Georgia physician known as “Dr. Hazmat” has been charged with illegally dispensing addictive prescription painkillers after authorities accused him of working for a “pill mill” operation that had roots in South Florida.
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Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is making another attempt to undo provisions in a 2011 trade bill that would restructure the Medicare quality improvement organization program.
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In 2010, Phoebe Putney Health System agreed to write a $195 million check to buy its smaller crosstown competitor in southwest Georgia, a facility with just over 100 beds.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that could jeopardize a $200 million hospital acquisition involving Phoebe Putney Health System in Georgia.
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Phoebe Putney Health System officials are preparing to head back into federal court to defend a $200 million hospital acquisition after the U.S. Supreme Court wiped away a legal defense that had previously shielded the transaction from scrutiny.
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ATLANTA—SunLink Health Systems is planning to delist its shares and sell underperforming facilities. All four of its hospitals are currently underperforming and it has hired advisers to evaluate the sale of at least two of them, the system said in a news release. SunLink's hospitals...
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In two or three years, every county public health center across Georgia will be able to put patients in front of top specialists via telemedicine setups worth about $20,000 each, if the boss of the Department of Public Health has her way.
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