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Federal data shows a nationwide primary care shortage. Here’s …

(2 days ago) WEBIn Georgia, KFF Health News found nine counties that have faced primary care shortages for more than 40 years: Jasper, Crawford, Macon, Schley, Lee, Terrell, …

https://www.ajc.com/news/health-news/federal-data-shows-a-nationwide-primary-care-shortage-heres-how-georgia-fares/JG7FG5IOAVHKPMUJSZQSG2CSCY/

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DCH Addressing Healthcare - Georgia Department of …

(8 days ago) WEBHealthcare Access Remains in Peril Across Rural Georgia Georgia ranks 40th ›in the number of active physicians ›in the number of primary care physicians 89 of …

https://dch.georgia.gov/document/document/care-management-committee-meeting-presentation-january-18-2024-fvdw/download

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Nearly every Georgia county faces a shortage of primary care …

(7 days ago) WEBThe remaining 156 counties are considered Health Professional Shortage Areas, a designation to identify areas lacking health care access. A compilation of data …

https://thecurrentga.org/2023/01/18/nearly-every-georgia-county-faces-a-shortage-of-primary-care-providers/

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New Georgia task force to address health-care workforce shortage

(8 days ago) WEB0:03. 0:26. ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp issued an executive order Thursday creating a task force to look for ways to grow the ranks of Georgia’s health …

https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/2022/04/23/georgia-task-force-healthcare-workforce-commission-brian-kemp/7401743001/

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COVID crisis in Georgia hospitals includes shortage of nurses

(6 days ago) WEBCOVID-19 has turned Georgia’s chronic nursing shortage into a crisis, with hospitals having to scale back services for lack of staff. Health care systems have …

https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus/georgia-nursing-shortage-at-crisis-levels/G37X6GW2HRDEXGWB6OS6OBA5KE/

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Nearly every Georgia county faces a shortage of primary care

(3 days ago) WEBThe remaining 156 counties are considered Health Professional Shortage Areas, a designation to identify areas lacking health care access. A compilation of data …

https://www.wuga.org/local-news/2023-01-19/nearly-every-georgia-county-faces-a-shortage-of-primary-care-providers

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Sen. Ossoff Pushing to Expand Health Care Workforce to Help …

(9 days ago) WEBThe ongoing shortage of health care workers in Georgia and across the country has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example: Nearly 30% of …

https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sen-ossoff-pushing-to-expand-health-care-workforce-to-help-georgia-clinics-and-hospitals-with-workforce-shortages/

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Doctor shortage key to Georgia's rural health crisis

(5 days ago) WEBGeorgia faces rural doctor shortage. Nikki Bryant, pharmacist and owner of Adams Family Pharmacy, explains how her pharmacy has worked to provide people …

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-faces-rural-doctor-shortage/JqAwfs1SLiqCwVNronKScM/

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Designated Health Professional Shortage Areas Statistics

(7 days ago) WEBHealth Professional Shortage Areas Statistics. data.HRSA.gov 2 of 15 May 2, 2024 Data as of: 04/01/2024 Georgia 223 47 96 80 2,750,382 37.84 % 582 Health Care …

https://data.hrsa.gov/Default/GenerateHPSAQuarterlyReport

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Sen. Ossoff Secures New Resources to Boost Health Care …

(4 days ago) WEBThe expanded health care workforce will help more Georgians access the vital health care they need. “Georgia has consistently been in the top ten states for critical staffing …

https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sen-ossoff-secures-new-resources-to-boost-health-care-workforce-across-georgia/

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A Solution for Georgia’s Rural Healthcare Shortage

(5 days ago) WEBThis is an especially important finding given the toll of COVID-19 lockdowns on American mental health and Georgia’s poor performance in mental healthcare access. The …

https://www.georgiapolicy.org/news/a-solution-for-georgias-rural-healthcare-shortage/

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Kemp creates panel to address health-care workforce shortage

(4 days ago) WEBShortages among Georgia’s health-care workforce have long been on the radar screens of state policy makers. Most recently, the mental health system overhaul …

https://capitol-beat.org/2022/04/kemp-creates-panel-to-address-health-care-workforce-shortage/

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Addressing Georgia’s Healthcare Disparities: The Benefits of Full

(5 days ago) WEBUnfortunately, this reflects an alarming trend in which Georgia’s healthcare disparities continue to widen. This is demonstrated by the previous license renewal period, in which …

https://www.georgiapolicy.org/publications/addressing-georgias-healthcare-disparities-the-benefits-of-full-practice-authority-for-nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants/

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Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Designations Georgia

(5 days ago) WEBHealth Professional Shortage Area Analyst, Primary Care Office Dorothy Bryant. [email protected] Office. (229) 401-3095. Fax. (229) 401-3077. Cell. (229) 322-4586. Assists …

https://dch.georgia.gov/health-professional-shortage-area-hpsa-designations

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Here's How The Doctor Shortage Crisis In Georgia - The Georgia …

(Just Now) WEBAnd this number varies considerably by state. In Georgia, there are 25,072 active physicians, or 232.2 for every 100,000 people, the 11th fewest among states. …

https://thegeorgiasun.com/2023/04/04/heres-how-the-doctor-shortage-crisis-in-georgia-compares-to-other-states/

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Find Shortage Areas - Health Resources and Services Administration

(1 days ago) WEBFind Shortage Areas by Address. Enter an address to determine if it is in a shortage area: Geographic or Population HPSA or MUA/P and the details about that shortage area. …

https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area

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Health Transportation Shortages: A Barrier to Health Care for …

(6 days ago) WEBOf Georgia’s 159 counties, 117 (74%) received HTSI scores that qualified them as HTSAs. Twenty-seven percent (27%) of the state’s population lives in these shortage areas. …

https://healthyfuturega.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HTSI-cover-merged.pdf

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Health Transportation Shortages: A Barrier to Health Care for …

(2 days ago) WEBContributing author: Charla Sutton, MPH . Through our Georgians in the Driver’s Seat initiative, GHF and The Arc Georgia examined how transportation impacts …

https://healthyfuturega.org/ghf_resource/health-transportation-shortages-a-barrier-to-health-care-for-georgians/

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Georgia becomes focus of maternal health discussion with visit …

(4 days ago) WEBThe issues of health care access is both a rural and urban issue in Georgia, Williams said. Rural hospitals have closed, and during her three years in Congress two …

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-georgia-focus-maternal-health-discussion.html

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New program at Piedmont Hospital looks to improve maternal …

(Just Now) WEBATLANTA — Georgia remains among the worst states for maternal mortality, and the most recent state data shows cardiac issues are the leading cause of …

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/womens-health/piedmont-hospital-launches-cardio-obstetrics-program-response-georgia-maternal-health-crisis/85-fa9ed7f0-fe79-4a1f-b48d-695e5e0122b4

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What's health care like in rural America? We're taking a close-up …

(8 days ago) WEBFrom North Dakota, a look at how health care professionals are turning to telemedicine and community education to cope with health care challenges. From …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/04/30/whats-health-care-like-in-rural-america-were-taking-a-close-up-look

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Soaring for Students Georgia Southern Magazine

(8 days ago) WEBCentene, Peach State Health Plan Invest $2.2 Million in Rural Healthcare EXPANDING THE WORKFORCE FOR RURAL HEALTHCARE: Pictured (L to R): John …

https://www.georgiasouthern.edu/news/magazine/2024/01/17/soaring-for-students/

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Walmart Health Is Shutting Down—Here’s What We Know - Forbes

(3 days ago) WEBAll 51 Walmart Health centers across five states—Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Texas—will be closed, as well as Walmart Health Virtual Care, the retail …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/caileygleeson/2024/04/30/walmart-shuttering-health-clinics-and-telehealth-services-nationwide/

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Walmart will close all of its health care clinics CNN Business

(Just Now) WEBWalmart, the largest retailer in the United States, will close all 51 of its health care centers in six states and end virtual health care services, the company said …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/business/walmart-closes-health-clinics/index.html

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UnitedHealth CEO's Change Healthcare hearing: a health …

(Just Now) WEBBen Handel, an expert witness in DOJ's 2022 lawsuit to block UnitedHealth from acquiring Change, dissects Andrew Witty's Senate hearing.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/02/unitedhealth-ceo-andrew-witty-change-healthcare-cyberattack-senate-hearing-analysis/

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Three Policies to Ease Georgia’s Healthcare Staffing Crisis

(4 days ago) WEBThree policy reforms could help add to the ranks of Georgia nurses. Expand loan forgiveness programs. The state already offers service-cancelable loan forgiveness to …

https://www.georgiapolicy.org/news/three-policies-to-ease-georgias-healthcare-staffing-crisis/

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Chairman's News Newsroom The United States Senate …

(5 days ago) WEBOur bipartisan proposal uses the power of Medicare and Medicaid to ensure the entire American health care system has adequate supply for key medicines across the …

https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-and-crapo-release-draft-legislation-to-combat-prescription-drug-shortages

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UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies on Change Healthcare …

(1 days ago) WEBRichard J. Pollack, CEO of the American Hospital Association, said in a statement that Wednesday’s hearings “rightly exposed the size and scope of …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/01/united-health-hack-ceo-congress-change-healthcare/

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Shortage Areas - Health Resources and Services Administration

(Just Now) WEBView national overview of HPSAs. View HPSAs by type, discipline, and location. Analyze results for specific subsets of the data by filtering on various discipline, …

https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/health-workforce/shortage-areas

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Where the nursing shortage in North Carolina is getting worse

(3 days ago) WEBNorth Carolina's health care workforce has recovered from crisis-level shortages seen during the Covid-19 pandemic, but challenges still remain. This was …

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2024/04/26/north-carolina-nurses-jobs-shortage-workforce.html

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What banning noncompetes could mean for Columbus health care

(3 days ago) WEBExacerbate worker shortage or promote growth? Different sectors of the healthcare field are divided on the ruling. Opponents are criticizing the ruling as "bad …

https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2024/05/03/what-banning-noncompetes-could-mean-for-columbus-healthcare/73510578007/

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Georgia Crisis Erupts After Violent Clashes Over ‘Russian Law’

(1 days ago) WEBThe European Union said it “strongly” condemned a crackdown on protesters by riot police in Georgia after a night of violent clashes over a controversial “foreign …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-01/georgia-crisis-erupts-after-violent-clashes-over-russian-law

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Georgia's Ivanishvili lashes out at West amid 'foreign agent' bill crisis

(4 days ago) WEBBidzina Ivanishvili, the influential billionaire founder of Georgia's ruling party, accused a Western "global party of war" of meddling in Georgia in a rare speech at a …

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lawmakers-scuffle-again-georgia-over-foreign-agent-bill-2024-04-29/

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Steward hospital crisis prompts state to open command center

(2 days ago) WEBState officials, hoping to contain the impact of Steward’s financial crisis, have tapped Dr. Gregg Meyer, a crisis management expert, to lead the new command …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/03/business/steward-hospital-crisis/

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