Georgia’s insurance commissioner has urged Tom Price, the new federal health secretary, to remove agents’ commissions from rules governing how insure companies spend the premium dollars they collect. The issue cited by Commissioner Ralph Hudgens in his letter to Price, a fellow Georgian, involves the “Medical Loss Ratio,” or MLR. Hudgens, a fierce opponent of…
Among health-related bills clearing committees Monday is a proposal that licensed gun owners could carry concealed handguns on public college campuses. Read the full article: Associated Press
University of Georgia researchers are testing a possible treatment for a disease that’s affected as many as a fourth of the 700,000 troops who served in Operation Desert Storm and other Gulf War combat a quarter-century ago in 1990 and 1991. Read the full article: Athens Banner-Herald
Five years ago, Grady Health System in Atlanta was racking up a $27 million loss. At the time, the job of Grady CEO appeared to be one of the least secure in the health industry: As of late 2011, there had been five chief executive officers in five years. That year, the Grady system had…
Federal health officials are evaluating the benefit of an additional dose of the mumps vaccine because of the increasing number of mumps outbreaks since 2006.
The cases range from curious toddlers to teens showing off to friends — all with a preventable outcome that destroys a family in an instant. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
The scramble will be on in the General Assembly this week to get bills through at least one legislative chamber before the annual Crossover Day deadline, which falls this Friday. Read the full article: Atlanta Business Chronicle
Senate Bill 123, sponsored by Sen. Hunter Hill, R-Atlanta, proposes a reassessment of regulations placed on CTCA before construction of the local Newnan facility. Read the full article: Newnan Times-Herald
Jim Simpson has been named president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, the Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit organization announced Friday. Simpson has been serving as interim president for Kaiser’s Georgia Region. He was previously senior vice president of finance for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals. Simpson also has served as vice president and controller…
A modified version of House Bill 280 could move out of a Georgia House committee Monday, when the committee is scheduled to see a modified version of the legislation; two other firearms-related bills are also on the agenda for Monday’s committee meeting. Read the full article: Athens Banner-Herald