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Beating the system | Physician faces charges after years of allegations, lawsuits in multiple states
By Joe Carlson | March 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
If Dr. Najam Azmat was not behind bars, he could still see patients in a hospital or clinic in Georgia.
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Telemedicine offered in Ga. schools
By The Millen (Ga.) News | March 15, 2013
The Millen, Ga., school system began offering telemedicine last month, provided by the Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth.
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Ga. Senate approves new rules for nurse discipline
By Atlanta Journal-Constitution | March 08, 2013
The Georgia Senate has approved a proposal that would require nurses to report alleged professional violations by their colleagues.
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'Dr. Hazmat' charged for allegedly working for pill mill operation
By Joe Carlson | March 05, 2013
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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Lawmaker again pushes state-based QIOs
By Jessica Zigmond | February 26, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Phoebe Putney's legal setback | Supreme Court says deal not exempt from antitrust scrutiny, may affect ACOs
By Beth Kutscher | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Supreme Court rules against Phoebe Putney
By Joe Carlson | February 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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After losing in Supreme Court, Phoebe Putney vows to continue fight with FTC
By Joe Carlson | February 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Regional News/South: Struggling SunLink planning to dump at least two of its hospitals, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Ga. health chief wants telemedicine network
By Macon (Ga.) Telegraph | January 25, 2013
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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