State Board of Community Health approves an increase in Medicaid payment rates for nursing homes . . .
Senate passes bill that would allow doctors and dentists to be licensed by the state even if they decline to participate in the federal healthcare reform act . . .
Consultant’s study recommends that the Department of Community Health stay with the managed-care approach to Medicaid and expand it to include more of the program’s participants . . .
DCH will be receiving a consultant’s study this week that could recommend major changes in how Georgia runs its Medicaid program . . .
As part of its efforts to eliminate a deficit in the State Health Benefits Plan, DCH will require increased premiums for health insurance coverage of non-teaching public school employees . . .
Attorney General Sam Olens announces a settlement with Merck over misrepresentations to the Medicaid program involving the drug Vioxx . . .
Legislators from the House and Senate have prefiled bills that would require Medicaid and TANF applicants to pay for and pass a drug test to be eligible for benefits . . .
Sen. Johnny Isakson calls for reducing the benefits paid to Medicare and Social Security recipients, along with reducing the number of people eligible for those benefits . . .
As part of a settlement with Pfizer over charges of illegal off-label drug marketing, Georgia will be paid back nearly $200,000 for its Medicaid program, the attorney general’s office said . . .
Healthcare providers are getting financial incentives to convert to electronic health records for Medicaid patients . . .
