Georgia attorney general approves Wellstar, Augusta University Health deal
The Georgia attorney general's office on Thursday signed off on a plan for Wellstar Health System to take control of Augusta University's hospitals...
The Georgia attorney general's office on Thursday signed off on a plan for Wellstar Health System to take control of Augusta University's hospitals. The approval, which came via a 16-page report, checks off one more legally required step to complete a merger that officials first proposed publicly in December. Officials from Wellstar, Augusta University Health System and the University System of Georgia, which oversees the school and the state's lone public medical college, issued a joint statement late Thursday saying that they 'are working diligently toward the goal of completing the deal this summer.