On Feb. 2, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta announced a major $21.9 million grant that will fund the Marcus Autism Center’s “largest-ever” study of autism severity causes and treatments among children. The grant is from the late Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus and the Marcus Foundation. It will go to the CHOA subsidiary, the Marcus Autism […]
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Music Heals: A Celebration of Grady with big-name Georgia artists
By Hannah E. Jones The Grady Health Foundation, in partnership with Georgia Music Accord and WSB-TV, is bringing its leaders and some of the state’s most recognized musicians right to your living room. Music Heals: A Celebration of Grady will feature presentations about Grady and its mission, along with performances from CeeLo Green, the Indigo […]
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The “P” in HIPAA doesn’t stand for privacy
By Tom Baxter Exactly why do we need the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, as we call it today? There are some perfectly reasonable answers to that question. But from time to time that question should be asked concerning any law which has spread its wings as widely as HIPAA […]
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Piedmont Healthcare now covers 85 percent of Georgians, expansion to continue
Piedmont Healthcare’s service area now covers about 85 percent of Georgians, following its acquisition Aug. 1 of four hospitals through a sale to be funded with $1 billion of debt, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service.
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Jeff Arnold’s shining moment: Sharecare going public, boosting Atlanta’s well-being
A decade after its launch, Atlanta-based Sharecare is enjoying the most significant week in its history.
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New treatment sought for two struggling hospitals
This article originally appeared in Georgia Health News. Five years ago, Marietta-based Wellstar Health System bought five Georgia hospitals from Tenet Healthcare. The prize of the lot was seen to be North Fulton Hospital in suburban Roswell, not far from Wellstar’s hub. Today, it’s doing well financially, as expected. Two other hospitals, in towns on […]
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Transplant patients, caregivers to benefit from planned 20-unit residential facility
A family that started a foundation now providing no-cost housing assistance for qualified transplant patients, and their caregivers, in the Atlanta area is preparing to raise funds to build a facility that is to serve 20 patients at one time, plus their caregivers.
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Outputs to Outcomes
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Several years ago, MedShare made an important transition. We shifted our focus from outputs to outcomes in an effort to expand our mission and better serve communities in need. Two of the most important questions we had to answer for ourselves were what is our intended impact, and how […]
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Cancer patients to gain options, non-profit hospitals to disclose assets under pending law
A for-profit cancer treatment center in Newnan will be allowed to treat more Georgia patients and non-profit hospitals will be required to highlight their expenses – ranging from the cost of naming rights for an amphitheater to salaries paid to C-suite executives – under breakthrough changes to Georgia’s healthcare laws passed by the Legislature amid support from the governor and lieutenant governor.
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Impact Ethiopia: Notes from the Field
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President MedShare began hosting Impact Trips several years ago in an effort to give our Board Members, Council Members, staff, donors, supporters, and friends a closer look at the impact that our mission has had around the world. It is important that stakeholders in our mission have a personal understanding […]
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Familiar feud: Healthcare lobby resists changing law that regulates competition
Doctors and health care executives can’t agree with lawyers, farmers and business owners over how to update a law that oversees the expansion of health care facilities in Georgia. This is a major part of the impasse that’s to be resolved if the General Assembly is to enact reform before the session ends in two weeks.
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From unwavering to waivers, rising needs drive Medicaid debate
Even when it seems the border wall, the Mueller probe and the Korean summit have overshadowed the healthcare debate, it remains a constant, driving force in American politics. The battle rages on, in venues outside Washington.
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Enterprise funds collaboration between healthcare and affordable housing
In Atlanta, Enterprise plans to give up to $10,000 each to nonprofits that have ideas for implementing “scalable housing-based health solutions.”
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The Complex Teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Every year around Martin Luther King Jr. Day I see a lot of the same quotes and photos. Dr. King’s teachings boiled down to a few snapshots and buzzwords: peace, love, equality. And while he did preach all of those things, they were never quite that simple. Even his […]
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In Louisiana, governor’s Medicaid letter signals trouble ahead
here have been some theatrics involved — we’re about to talk about Louisiana, after all — but the nation should be paying more attention to what’s happening in Baton Rouge. It could be a warning for the rest of us.
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Impact: Ecuador
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Each year MedShare organizes an Impact Trip to a country we serve as a way to give Board members, staff, donors, potential donors, and supporters a way to see first-hand the impact of our work and to evaluate current healthcare conditions. Each year we leave amazed by the impact […]
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The Reality of Haiti
By Charles Redding As has been brought to light by recent news, the prevailing narrative about Haiti is that it is a nation of insurmountable poverty, plagued by nothing but natural disasters and infectious disease epidemics. We only hear about Haiti in terms of natural disaster-related fatalities or travel warnings. Our perception of Haiti is […]
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Beyond statistics, the economy intersects with the state of our health
Why are we the only country in the world with an opioid crisis? If we need to create more high-wage jobs, why do so many high-wage positions go unfilled? Why don’t Americans move as much as they used to? There’s a connecting thread to this tumble of questions.
