Hospital, HMOs OK Medicaid deal (Atlanta Journal-Constituti


MCG Health, a large Augusta hospital system, said Friday that it has signed contracts with two HMOs, ending a conflict with the state over Georgia's managed care program for Medicaid and PeachCare beneficiaries. The HMO program went statewide Friday, but MCG Health had told state officials Tuesday that it would not accept nonemergency Medicaid patients because it had not reached a contract with