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$5 million settlement reached in Atlanta health care fraud case
Suit alleged American Health Imaging offered doctors SEC tickets, meals, concert tickets and other inducements to refer patients to their practice.
Atlanta VA improves mental health response after whistleblower complaint
Atlanta's Veteran Affairs adds staff to pick up mental health calls after allegation that thousands of calls for help went unanswered.
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Georgia day care agrees to settlement after allegations it denied autistic child entry
A Georgia day care in Smyrna has settled with the U.S. Attorney’s office over allegations that it discriminated against a child with autism.
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Dozens go missing from Georgia senior care homes, some with deadly results
AJC investigation: Three residents wandering off from senior care facilities have died since November 2023. Such "elopements" often result in low fines from state regulators.
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Still unprotected: Senior care homes skate by with few fines
In 2020, Georgia passed reforms to better hold assisted living and personal care homes accountable for violations — four years later, the sector looks much the same.
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State officials expressed concern about safety of Sapelo gangway prior to October collapse
A 2022 gangway collapse in St. Marys alarmed state DNR officials, who realized gangway was built by the same contractor who constructed Sapelo Island’s.
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Atlanta CPA heading to federal prison for tax dodge scheme
Another Georgian is heading to prison for selling illegal tax shelters in a scheme that promoted fraudulent conservation easements.
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Supreme Court: Cobb County absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day
The ruling affects 3,000 voters — all of whom had received their ballots late, and had been granted an extension by a lower court judge.
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Ex-guard sentenced for sex with inmates at Georgia’s largest women’s prison
An ex-guard at Georgia's troubled Lee Arrendale State Prison has been sentenced for sexual acts with three women prisoners.