Starting today, June 1, the Universal Healthcare Program in Georgia has implemented rules that suspend planned outpatient services for individuals who continuously stay outside the country for six months or longer.
These specific program updates introduce the following operational shifts:
The state is temporarily suspending registrations for planned outpatient services for beneficiaries who have been outside of Georgia uninterruptedly for six months or more. This primarily changes the capitation funding model, which previously provided fixed state payments to clinics even when registered citizens were physically out of the country.
