ATLANTA, GA — An inpatient behavioral health system with facilities in metro Atlanta has reached a multi-million dollar, multi-state settlement over Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

Georgia will seek federal approval to extend Medicaid coverage to some low-income parents and legal guardians of children through the age of six, Gov. Brian Kemp announced.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to let low-income parents with young kids enroll without working in a Medicaid program that provides coverage for some able-bodied adults.

With just nine months left for the test pilot program, Gov. Brian Kemp said he’s proposing new legislation to adjust how the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program works.

Gov. Kemp has introduced a series of health care proposals aimed at improving access to medical services in Georgia. These proposals are set to be discussed in the upcoming legislative session. The focus of Kemp's plan is to expand the Georgia Pathways program, which currently provides Medicaid coverage to low-income adults in the state.

During the first week of Georgia’s 2025 legislative session, Gov. Brian Kemp is outlining his priorities for the state.

Kemp said he plans to propose a 0.2% tax cut in 2025, bringing the income tax for individuals and businesses down to 5.19%. The move comes after he pushed for a 0.1% tax cut in 2024, the largest tax cut of its kind in Georgia history. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Gov. Kemp proposes ‘acceleration of largest income tax cut in state history’

Gov. Brian Kemp says parents of young children would no longer have to satisfy Georgia Pathways to Coverage’s work requirement under a revised plan for the Medicaid program that will be submitted to the federal government this spring.

Dr. Lawrence Jones, Ph.D., warns of potential dangers for Black pregnant women due to Medicaid managed care contracts in Georgia.

Georgia will seek federal approval to extend Medicaid coverage to some low-income parents and legal guardians of children through the age of six, Gov. Brian Kemp announc.

Since its July 2023 launch, Georgia Pathways has provided Medicaid coverage to 8,385 Georgians. Critics have argued thousands more could be covered if the state fully expanded Medicaid, which Kemp, previous Republican governors, and GOP legislative leaders have consistently resisted as too expensive.

Quantitative Medicaid managed care network adequacy standards were not associated with improved mental health (MH) care access among adults and those with MH conditions.