Georgia DCH proposed cutting Medicaid retroactive coverage from three months to two for applications from January 1, 2027. Pathways applicants get the same rule. Comments are due October 23.
The Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality's new Family Economic Well-Being Index, released September 24, 2026, found that 48% of Georgians were burdened or severely burdened by health care costs, compared with 41% nationally.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson released a policy plan the week of September 8 pledging to close Georgia's coverage gap with 'intelligent Medicaid expansion' while keeping work requirements.
CMS announced $93.3 million for Georgia's Rural Health Transformation Program on August 27, 2026 and said the round "completes Georgia's initial Year 1 award cycle," adding that Georgia "has now committed the full $218 million awarded to the state for its…
Reporting published August 31 and updated September 3 puts proposed 2027 rates on Georgia's state-run exchange at roughly 20% or more, with carrier-level requests of Alliant 29%, Oscar 28%, AMGP 25%, BCBS/Anthem 21%, CareSource 21%…
DCH's August 13 proposed Pathways amendment asks CMS to authorize a 90% federal medical-assistance percentage for the demonstration population effective January 1, 2027.
CMS says Georgia submitted a request on June 1 to extend its Section 1332 reinsurance waiver from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031; federal officials deemed the application complete on July 30…
Georgia Board of Nursing Rule 410-11-.14 requires an APRN using delegated medical acts under O.C.G.A. § 43-34-25 to have a dated, signed written nurse-protocol agreement with a physician in the same or a comparable specialty.
Georgia Public Broadcasting's August 6 report from the Georgia Chamber event says Democratic nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms made Medicaid expansion a cornerstone of her affordability agenda.
MedLink Georgia's primary-care page, updated August 21, says Spanish-speaking staff are available at most of its 35 primary-care locations across northeast Georgia, that the network accepts most insurance plans including Medicaid…
DCH's July 9 public notice proposes a January 1, 2027 change, subject to CMS approval, for certain adults in Georgia Pathways with income at or below 100% of the federal poverty level who are not otherwise eligible for a mandatory or optional Medicaid State…
On July 23, DCH announced $60.5 million in Phase 3 GREAT Health awards, bringing stated year-one commitments at that point to $103.8 million of Georgia's $218.8 million first-year federal Rural Health Transformation award.
On July 16, 2026 the Georgia Department of Community Health announced $30.6 million in Phase 2 GREAT Health (Georgia Rural Enhancement and Transformation of Health) awards to 26 organizations, bringing total year-one commitments to $43.3 million.
A March 20 announcement from Senator Jon Ossoff's office says FY2026 government funding enacted February 3 includes $1.806 million for Albany Area Primary Health Care (AAPHC) to renovate and expand East Albany Medical Center.
MedLink Georgia’s Patriot Health Hub page, updated July 10, 2026, identifies an operating school-based clinic at 15 Fairground Road in Lexington where staff provide services every school day to students, teachers and staff.
As reviewed July 16, 2026, CareConnect Health’s current Byron location page lists walk-in primary and convenient care for children and adults seven days a week from 9 a.m. To 8 p.m., with three named family nurse practitioners.
The independent GeorgiaPathways.org tracker reports 17,709 active Pathways to Coverage enrollees as of May 31, 2026 and 30,396 cumulative enrollees since July 2023.
On June 8, 2026 the Georgia Department of Community Health announced $12,730,000 in first-round GREAT Health awards from the program's $218,862,169 federal assistance award.
The Georgia Department of Community Health said it submitted a comprehensive two-year Medicaid Provider Revalidation Strategy to CMS in response to federal oversight requirements.
KFF's September 30, 2025 national analysis projected that, if enhanced premium tax credits expired, average annual premium payments among subsidized marketplace enrollees would rise 114%, from $888 in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026.
Georgia's official, searchable GREAT Health application organizes the program into five initiatives and 29 discrete projects and lists a Budget Period 1 total of $218,862,169.63.
GAO's September 2025 report found that Georgia-reported data represented under 3,500 full-year-equivalent Pathways enrollees during the first 15 months, compared with the state's original first-year estimate of more than 25,000.
St. Mary's Health Care System's own notice says it consolidated labor-and-delivery services from Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia into St. Mary's Hospital in Athens and discontinued care at Clear Creek OB/GYN in late October 2025.
In its April 2026 update, NACHC says it asked House and Senate appropriators for a $300 million increase over FY2026 annual discretionary Community Health Center funding.
Governor Brian Kemp and DCH announced that CMS awarded Georgia $218.8 million for the first of five years of the GREAT Health Rural Health Transformation Program.
NACHC's current funding page says annual discretionary Community Health Center funding expires September 30, 2026 and mandatory Community Health Center Fund support expires December 31, 2026.
The signed HB 974 budget provides $603,061 in state funds and $1.804 million total for an FQHC prospective-payment-rate increase in aged, blind and disabled Medicaid…
HRSA's February 17, 2026 Request for Information says a December 29, 2025 order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine enjoined implementation of the 340B Rebate Model Pilot for all covered entities and the nine approved manufacturers.
As retrieved July 15, 2026, the Georgia Primary Care Association homepage says GPCA has been a membership organization for Georgia FQHCs since 1977 and is designated as both the state Primary Care Association and Health Center Controlled Network under HRSA…
GPCA's republication of a Georgians for a Healthy Future analysis says the final amended FY2026 budget reduces state reinsurance funding from about $145.9 million to about $95.9 million and rejects $35 million to modernize Georgia Gateway.
Georgia's Section 1332 extension application, updated July 7, reports estimated actual average enrollment of 953,277 in the 2026 individual market, compared with 1,293,868 in 2025.
DCH's signed August 12 notice awards $2 million each to thirteen successful applicants under GREAT Health's Workforce Retention Technology (Surgical Robots) strategy, for a listed total of $26 million.
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