Topic: Obstetrics and gynaecology

A day after winning the Governor’s Mansion and state House for the first time in over two decades, Georgia Democrats began planning full Medicaid expansion.

What steps can policymakers take to address this physician shortage?

Several Georgia counties and communities do not have adequate access to healthcare services. Full practice authority for practitioners would address this trend.

Full practice authority for nurse practitioners and physician assistants improves healthcare access, outcomes and cost.

One possible solution for Georgia's growing disparity in healthcare access is allowing full practice authority for nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

By Mike Klein Medicaid is a beast.  About one-in-five Georgians receives Medicaid health care.  That is 1.7 million people.  Fifty-nine percent of statewide births are Medicaid babies.  Another couple hundred […]

  Atlanta – If you’re wondering what the new federal health care legislation has in store for you or your employees, you are not alone. Few have read the 2,700-page Patient […]

By Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald Good medical coverage is affected by three components: cost, quality and availability. The true purpose of government in assuring that Georgians have good medical care is […]

By Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald As medical malpractice reform is debated in the General Assembly, it is critical to keep in focus that the way we handle medical mistakes must ultimately […]

By Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald Medical costs are increasing at a rate five times general inflation. Some Georgians cannot even buy medical insurance coverage. The rest face increased costs for insurance […]