by Andy Miller | May 11, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal has held signing ceremonies across the state in recent days for a variety of bills passed by the General Assembly. But one bill that passed overwhelmingly in the Legislature may not get a ceremony – or a signature. In...
by Andy Miller | May 7, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — The longtime president and chief executive officer of the CDC Foundation has announced he is retiring at the end of the year. Charles Stokes, 65, has led the Atlanta-based foundation since 1995, soon after the foundation was created by Congress...
by Andy Miller | May 6, 2015 | James Magazine
The children’s home in Columbus was infested with cockroaches. Trash and cigarette butts littered the floor, which had holes in it as well. The DFCS staff in Muscogee County immediately recognized that the three young kids were in an unsafe environment....
by Andy Miller | Apr 27, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — The commissioner of Georgia’s Medicaid agency has written a sharply worded defense of nursing home payments now deemed improper by the federal government. A federal ruling saying Georgia should return more than $100 million in nursing home...
by Andy Miller | Apr 27, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Grady Health System has agreed to pay $2.95 million to settle charges that it improperly billed Medicaid for treatment to neonatal intensive care (NICU) patients, the Georgia attorney general announced Thursday. The state of Georgia alleged that Grady...