Topic: Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center

With only five legislative days remaining in the 2024 General Assembly, how are things looking for the effort to reduce Certificate of Need laws in Georgia?

Three bills that would have reduced certificate of need regulations by varying degrees were introduced this year. 

It’s Friday! The Georgia legislature has advanced two issues that lawmakers have been debating under the Gold Dome for years. In some cases, decades. Senate Bill 99, sponsored by Sen. […]

The debate over Georgia’s “certificate of need” laws has raged since the 1980s. Could this be the year lawmakers finally resolve it?

There are a number of positive steps the legislature can take when it comes to tax, education, and healthcare policy.

Looking back on the year that was, 2022 left a lasting mark on Georgia’s policymaking world in several ways.

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: In this week’s commentary Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson reflects on the perplexing reasons behind the recent closure of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center and what it will mean for […]

Why the financial statements of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center don't reflect a hospital that needed to cease operations.

11Alive interviewed Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson during their recent series on potential Medicaid expansion in Georgia.

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

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note“Personal independence is a virtue…but there can be no independence without a large share of self-dependence, and this virtue cannot be bestowed, it must be developed […]

By Kelly McCutchen Georgia became a national leader in health care reform this week after Governor Sonny Perdue signed two bills into law at the Atlanta Medical Center. This practical legislation addresses some […]