by Andy Miller | Mar 17, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Bruce Thompson has a personal stake in the topic of secondhand smoke. Thompson, a Republican state senator from White, says he has suffered from asthma since childhood. His mother was a smoker, he says, and secondhand smoke is a strong trigger...
by Andy Miller | Mar 13, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Cancer Treatment Centers of America said Tuesday that it is dropping its effort to get a bill through this year’s General Assembly to expand its Newnan hospital’s capacity – and allow it to treat more Georgians. But CTCA...
by Andy Miller | Feb 26, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — The long-awaited “CTCA bill” has finally arrived – and Georgia’s hospital industry immediately pounced on it in opposition. Legislation that would end major regulatory restrictions on the Cancer Treatment Centers of...
by Andy Miller | Feb 22, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — The hospital partnership dance continues in Georgia. Given the pressures of the health care economy, nobody apparently wants to be a wallflower. Last week, St. Mary’s Health Care System in Athens said it is talking with financially ailing...
by Andy Miller | Feb 15, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — This summer, the state’s main health agency will pick the winners of a multibillion-dollar annual contract to deliver health care to more than 1 million Georgians. The Department of Community Health also plans to choose a vendor this year to...
