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Air quality permit complies with the federal Clean Air Act and Georgia Air Quality Act.

Environmental Law

The Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources correctly granted Green Energy Partners an air quality permit that authorizes it to build an 11.5 Megawatt biomass fuel electric generating facility. Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment challenged the issuance on four grounds addressable in an administrative proceeding. Summary determination was […]

Air quality permit complies with the federal Clean Air Act and Georgia Air Quality Act. Read More

Skilled nursing hours reduced based upon a lack of medical necessity.

Health Law

Petitioner’s skilled nursing hours in the Georgia Pediatric Program (GAPP) were reduced from forty hours to thirty-two hours because the additional hours were not necessary to maintain Petitioner’s condition.  However, his hours could not be reduced to twenty-four hours on the basis of the GAPP review nurse’s testimony at the hearing, because to do so

Skilled nursing hours reduced based upon a lack of medical necessity. Read More

Participant budget under ICWP more restrictive than that allowed under GAPP.

Health Law

Petitioner, who is aging out of the Georgia Pediatric Program (GAPP) and is transitioning into the Medicaid Independent Care Waiver Program (ICWP), is given a budget under ICWP that reflects his needs and the parameters of that particular program.  He is permitted to negotiate hourly compensation rates with his personal support providers under ICWP’s self-directed

Participant budget under ICWP more restrictive than that allowed under GAPP. Read More

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