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Mayor Miller: Bibb County, school district could lose $2M from Coliseum Medical Centers, Northside Hospital buyout
The mayor says that s because the two Macon hospitals are being bought out by a nonprofit Piedmont Healthcare. Nonprofits are not required to pay property taxes. Author: Ashlyn Webb (WMAZ) Updated: 11:51 PM EDT May 6, 2021
MACON, Ga. Two Macon hospitals, Coliseum Medical Centers and Coliseum Northside Hospital, will soon have a new owner Piedmont Healthcare. It s a nonprofit.
But Macon-Bibb County s Mayor says that nonprofit status will hurt the county s bottom line.
Piedmont s CEO Kevin Brown spoke to 13WMAZ earlier this week, saying this deal would be beneficial for the people of Central Georgia, but Mayor Lester Miller says it means the county and school district s budget will take an unexpected $2 million hit.
Warner Robins sees spike in drug overdose calls in April
The Warner Robins Police Department responded to 18 overdose calls in April. On average, they respond to five per month. Author: Sarah Hammond Updated: 7:54 PM EDT May 5, 2021
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. Warner Robins has seen a spike in drug overdoses in the last month.
Police Chief John Wagner says they responded to 18 overdose calls in April. That is more than three times higher than their average of five.
That trend lines up with CDC data that says more than 87,000 drug overdose deaths were reported in the 12-month period ending last September.
They say that is the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a year.
Primary Content Credit: Georgia Health News
Piedmont Healthcare is adding four HCA hospitals to its network in a deal valued at close to $1 billion.
The purchases from HCA, announced Monday, would make Atlanta-based Piedmont the leading system in Georgia in number of hospitals, at 15. The Emory and Wellstar systems are next, at 11.
The deal had been rumored for several days.
If regulators approve the acquisitions, as expected, the nonprofit Piedmont system will acquire Eastside Medical Center in Snellville; Coliseum Medical Centers and Coliseum Northside, both in Macon; and Cartersville Medical Center in Cartersville.
The targeted closing date is July 31. HCA, a chain based in Tennessee, valued the acquisition price at $950 million.