Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled in favor of Georgia consumers. In Western Sky Financial, LLC v. State of Georgia, three online payday lending companies, incorporated in different states, provided payday loans to Georgia residents. Georgia...
More info“Major changes could be coming for prescription drugs”
October 12, 2016 By Kim Passoth, ATLANTA (CBS46) – “You could soon be paying more and getting less as major changes could be on the way for prescription drug coverage. Many health insurance companies are changing their policies, meaning drugs...
More infoCheck Your Doctor
Georgia Watch’s Health Access Director, joined Dale Cardwell on WGST AM 640 (Trustdale.com) to discuss how to use physician quality information to research physicians to help consumers choose the best doctor for them. Listen to the interview below...
More infoWhy It’s So Hard to Regulate Payday Lenders
By Astra Taylor Georgia’s founder, James Oglethorpe, an eighteenth-century social reformer, envisioned the colony as an economic utopia—a haven for those locked in Britain’s debtors’ prisons. Oglethorpe petitioned King George II to allow the country’s...
More info“Louisiana rolls out Medicaid expansion; can it be a model for Georgia?”
By Tom Crawford On June 1, Louisiana became the first southern state bordering the Gulf of Mexico to launch a Medicaid expansion program funded through the Affordable Care Act. That happened because of the upset victory last fall of Democrat John Bel...
More infoEngaging with Local Hospitals on Community Health
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...
More info“The hospital combination game: 2 examples in Georgia”
Published in Georgia Health News, April 3, 2016 Written by: Andy Miller The two deals are very different in size and other details, but the Georgia hospital combinations announced last week reflect the fast pace of such partnerships between sometimes...
More infoGeorgia Watch Now a Regional Roll-Out for The Leapfrog Group
Georgia Watch is proud to announce a new partnership with The Leapfrog Group to encourage transparency, promote patient safety, and educate healthcare consumers. As Leapfrog’s new dedicated “Roll-Out” in Metro Atlanta, we hope to motivate community-wide...
More info“You only think you’re covered”
Written by: Haley Sweetland Edwards Published online on March 3, 2016 at TIME.com an in the March 14th issue of TIME magazine This is a comprehensive piece on surprise medical bills that profiles several Georgia consumers and gives a good national...
More info“Lawmakers to weigh several consumer-related bills”
By WALTER C. JONES ATLANTA — A clue to how at least one consumer-protection bill may fair in this year’s session of the General Assembly came during a panel discussion when all four legislators and the moderator complained of being victimized. That issue...
More info“WellStar OKs $575 million deal for Tenet hospitals”
By: Andy Miller, Georgia Health News Published: December 1, 2015 WellStar Health System announced Tuesday that it had agreed to buy Tenet Healthcare’s five metro Atlanta hospitals for $575 million. The deal, if approved by regulators, would make...
More infoGeorgia Court of Appeals rules in favor of protecting caregivers when it comes to emergency hospital bills
Published by Georgia Watch’s Court Watch on November 23, 2015 In a ruling on October 6, 2015, the Court of Appeals of Georgia held that signing patient registration and consent forms on behalf of an incapacitated adult does not necessarily mean...
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