Donald Trump's first administration advanced rules forcing hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for medical services. Employers don't want to risk backtracking during Trump's second administration.
Emory Decatur Hospital and Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center had the top scores statewide using metrics like rates of C-section delivery and severe unexpected newborn complications.
The public outrage unleashed by the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes as populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Donald Trump.
Through her work, photographer Nancy Borowick says she hopes to draw awareness to women's stories, educate Americans and destigmatize the conversation that occurs between doctors and patients.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield was under scrutiny for planning to put time limits on anesthesia care. On Thursday, the large health insurer said it had decided not to proceed with the policy change.
Several sources confirm the Taliban pronouncement, part of ongoing efforts to curtail education for girls and women. Women studying these subjects say they were barred from classes this week.
Almost half of new HIV infections in the United States are reported in the South, and more than 66,000 Georgians are living with the virus that causes AIDS, many of whom do not have access to health care.
The report also presents opportunities for Georgia to further improve survival by increasing access to lung cancer screening, which can detect the disease at an earlier stage when it's more curable, and biomarker testing, which can help influence treatment options because not all lung cancers are the same.
Leapfrog Group, the health care watchdog nonprofit, uses responses from a voluntary survey and other data collected by federal agencies to grade hospitals on safety.
