This winter, drivers in Georgia face new hazards besides slick roads and severe weather. Increased truck traffic to and from shipping terminals and inland ports will affect folks in Atlanta, Savannah, Chatsworth and Cordele. Whether you’re commuting to work or...
Year: 2017
Short-staffed Nursing Homes Endanger Patients During the Holidays
Nursing home understaffing affects every measure of patient care. Over the holidays, the strain on the staff shows more than ever. Patients are endangered whenever nurses and orderlies skip work on holidays, weekends and unpopular late-night shifts. How Overworked...
Georgia’s Network Of Inland Ports Increases Fatal Truck Accidents
Officials with the Georgia Ports Authority and CSX Transportation continue to celebrate their successful push to build six inland freight ports across the state. Meanwhile, residents dread increased highway traffic and a rise in truck accidents. In 2013, Georgia’s...
Doctors in ACOs Deny Necessary Treatments to Earn Kickbacks
Fee-for-service billing systems and insurer-administrated HMOs are out, and accountable care organizations (ACOs) are on trend. This health care reform policy offers bonuses to doctors who have healthy patients. Unfortunately, health is measured by the number of...
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Elects Michael Prieto 62nd President
Atlanta 2017—Members of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) have elected Atlanta-based attorney Michael Prieto to serve as president for the 2017 term. Mr. Prieto succeeded Pope Langdale of Valdosta to become the GTLA’s 62nd president. Prieto has been a GTLA...
New Proposal Could Remove Rights of Nursing Home Residents
In the fall of 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took one step into the future by banning mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements. Now, the government has taken two steps into the past by revising the proposal and removing the most...