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Caption Long-term care visitation has been restricted by Gov. Brian Kemp’s executive order and under federal guidelines. Credit: Pexels/Stock photo
A committee of the Georgia House, despite industry opposition, passed a bill Monday allowing people to visit patients in hospital and long-term care facilities during a public health emergency like the current pandemic.
House Bill 290 would allow a “legal representative,’’ usually a loved one, to visit a patient or resident for a minimum of an hour a day, if that person meets a facility’s safety standards.
The House Human Resources and Aging Committee held a robust debate for a third time on the bill and took up several amendments before approving the legislation.
711 Medicare is lowering payments to 18 Georgia hospitals due to their high rates of infections and other patient injuries. The hospitals getting penalized include.
Medicare is lowering payments to 18 Georgia hospitals due to their high rates of infections and other patient injuries.
The hospitals getting penalized include large urban facilities and some serving midsized cities. They will lose 1 percent of the Medicare payments over 12 months.
The total of Georgia hospitals penalized, though, is down from 26 affected a year ago.
The patient safety program was created by the Affordable Care Act. The latest round of penalties is based on patients who had hospital stays between mid-2017 and 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CIO Leadership: Fostering a High-Performing Culture Will Lead the Discussion at HMG Strategy’s Upcoming 2021 HMG Live! New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit
Speakers and attendees in this interactive event will also explore the role of business technology executives in developing new business models and go-to-market strategies
2021 HMG Live! New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit
Join the top CIOs, CISOs and technology executives from the Garden State and from across North America as we explore fresh approaches to cultivating a high-performance culture and other top priorities facing business technology executives today.
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2021 Reed Awards Honor Great Writing About the Southeast’s Fragile Coast
February 11, 2021 GMT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Two writers who have delved into the past and present challenges facing treasured places on the Southeast coast will receive the 2021 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards from the Southern Environmental Law Center. SELC will present the awards March 25 during this year’s Virginia Festival of the Book.
In the book category, former Georgia state legislator Paul Bolster will receive the Reed Award for Saving the Georgia Coast: A Political History of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act. In the journalism category, Tony Bartelme of The Post and Courier in Charleston will receive the Reed Award for his in-depth reporting on South Carolina’s coastal environment, including communities where the damaging impacts of climate change are happen