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Governor Brian Kemp alongside Fulton County board Chairman Robb Pitts.

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New emergency room coming to South Atlanta aims to fill health care gaps

Grady Health Systems broke ground on a freestanding emergency room in Union City on Wednesday, as part of larger plans to improve access.

April 10, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Ed Whitehouse, a consultant for a local company called Interstate Health Systems, stands on a plot of land in rural Butts County, Georgia. The company envisions replacing acres of farmland and trees with a new hospital. A recent change to Georgia law is giving the project a path forward.

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Inside the political fight to build a rural Georgia hospital

Political drama involving a rural Georgia county reflects how state regulations that govern when and where hospitals can be built or expanded are evolving.

August 21, 2024
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  • Andy Miller and
  • Sam Whitehead
Atlanta Medical Center closed in 2022, creating a hole in the city’s medical infrastructure. This year, lawmakers created an exception in state regulations that could pave the way for a new hospital near the former AMC campus.

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Bipartisan effort paves way for reviving shuttered hospitals in Georgia

“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.

August 21, 2024
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  • Andy Miller and
  • Sam Whitehead
Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, speaks in favor of SB 233 in the Senate chambers during crossover day at the Georgia State Capitol on Monday, March 6, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Georgia Senate panel calls for abolishing state permits for health facilities

A Georgia Senate committee is recommending that the state abolish its requirement for permits to build health facilities. The Tuesday report sets up a renewed push on the issue that sparked a House-Senate standoff in the 2023 legislative session.

November 30, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard will close Nov. 1. (Wellstar Health System)

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A year later, future of Wellstar's Atlanta Medical Center site remains uncertain

The hospital's absence continues to affect the community on the anniversary of its closure.



 

November 01, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
Augusta University Medical Center

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An Atlanta-area hospital system has completed its takeover of Augusta University's hospitals

An Atlanta-area hospital system has completed its takeover of Augusta University's hospitals. Both the University System of Georgia and Marietta-based Wellstar Health system say the deal will mean greater financial stability, more medical training and better care.

August 30, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Emergency Room sign

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Wellstar officials grilled over hospital closures

Wellstar Health System officials came under fire Monday for committing to invest nearly $800 million late last year in a planned partnership with Augusta University Health System (AUHS) after closing two Atlanta-area hospitals.

June 06, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Wellstar closed Atlanta Medical Center last year. The shuttered 460-bed hospital stands in the heart of Old Fourth Ward.

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Mayor extends ban on redevelopment of Atlanta Medical Center site

Mayor Andre Dickens signed an executive order on Monday extending the ban on new development at the Atlanta Medical Center site in Old Fourth Ward.

April 19, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard will close Nov. 1. (Wellstar Health System)

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Wellstar agrees to takeover of Augusta University hospitals

Georgia officials have approved the takeover of the Augusta University hospitals associated with the state's only public medical school. The state Board of Regents on Friday approved agreements to transfer control of the hospitals to Marietta-based Wellstar Health System.

March 31, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard will close Nov. 1. (Wellstar Health System)

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Georgia Today: NAACP seeks WellStar investigation; Kemp wants more housing; Atlanta pro volleyball

On the Thursday, March 8 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia lawmakers and the NAACP are asking for a federal investigation into Wellstar Health System after the closing of two Atlanta-area hospitals; Gov. Brian Kemp is highlighting the need for more workforce housing across the state; and details on the professional volleyball team coming to Atlanta.

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard will close Nov. 1. (Wellstar Health System)

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Atlanta hospital closure inquiry sought by Georgia Democrats

Democratic Georgia lawmakers, local officials and the NAACP are asking federal officials to investigate a health care system that closed hospitals in downtown Atlanta and a southern suburb. They claim Wellstar Health System has illegally discriminated against Black people and violated its tax-exempt status.

March 09, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center

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Georgia Senate seeks to allow rural hospitals without permit

Georgia senators voted to allow new hospitals to be built in counties with fewer than 50,000 residents without state permission. The measure is particularly aimed at allowing an undisclosed entity to build a new hospital in the home county of Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones.

February 27, 2023
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  • Associated Press

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