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The Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals works for Georgia's not-for-profit hospitals. We push for the enactment of sound health and hospital laws, rules, and regulations. We conduct research on important health care issues, and are a clearinghouse for ideas that will improve Georgia’s health care.

NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM’S LUNG CANCER SURGERY PROGRAM EARNS TOP RATINGS NATIONWIDE

A national group’s latest report shows that people in northeast Georgia who need surgery for lung cancer can count on receiving some of the best care available in the United States from Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS). The lung cancer resection surgery program at NGHS recently earned top ratings from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, placing it among the highest-performing …Read More

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St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital announces $45.6 million expansion

May 20, 2026 – St. Mary’s Health Care System today announced it will build a 42,000-square-foot Pavilion adjacent to St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital to transform access to vital health services across the greater Lake Country region. “St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Pavilion will improve access to care and reduce the burden of travel for people across the communities we serve,” …Read More

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