Saturday, July 05, 2008

Healthcare

Care Facilities
Information on long-term care, child care, and health care facilities.

Certificate-of-Need Program
Approves the development and expansion of health care services, facilities and policies.

Commission on Men's Health
Promotes and improves the quality of the physical, mental and social health of men in Georgia.

Council on Maternal and Infant Health
The Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Governor and all state agencies on matters regarding maternal and infant health care. It advocates for an equitable system of high quality care, necessary to produce the best pregnancy outcomes and child health for Georgia's Families.

Employee Healthcare Information

Federal Medicaid and Medicare Center

Georgia Cancer Coalition
A coordinated statewide network of cancer care. Public and private hospitals, private physicians and other health care providers deliver cancer screening and treatment.

Georgia Families
Georgia Families is a program that provides health care services to enrolled members of Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids.

Georgia Poison Center
The State of Georgia's 24-hour poison emergency telephone service providing treatment advice for human and animal poisonings.

HMO Patient's Rights
In 1999, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 732, giving members of HMOs the right to appeal decisions that deny coverage for medical services.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Designed to make it easier for people to keep health insurance, and help the industry control administrative costs.

Health Planning Surveys
Healthcare facilities online surveys.

Indigent Care Trust Fund
A state program established to expand Medicaid eligibility and services; support rural and other healthcare providers, primarily hospitals that serve the medically indigent; fund primary health care programs for medically indigent Georgians.

Medicaid
Administers the Medicaid program, which provides health care for people who are aged, blind, disabled or indigent.

Medicaid - how to apply

Medical Examiners, Composite State Board of
Physicians and respiratory care professionals.

PeachCare for Uninsured Kids (Children's Health Insurance)
PeachCare for Kids is a comprehensive health care program for uninsured children living in Georgia. The health benefits include primary, preventive, specialist, dental care and vision care.

Provider Information

State Health Benefit Plan
Provides health insurance coverage to state employees, school system employees, retirees and their dependents.

Uninsured Georgians
Investigates problems and solutions related to 1.2 million Georgians who lack health insurance.

Veteran's Benefits
Exemptions from taxation, exemptions/reduction of fees, special provisions.