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American Diabetes Assoc. chair tackles disease’s workforce impact
More than 780,000 adults in Virginia have diabetes. The indirect cost from lost productivity due to the disease in 2017 in this state alone was a whopping $2.3 billion, according to the American Diabetes Association. That’s why Rhodes Ritenour, national chairman of the ADA’s board and vice president for external and regulatory affairs with Bon […]
American Diabetes Association appoints new CEO
The American Diabetes Association has appointed Charles D. “Chuck” Henderson as its new CEO, the Arlington-based nonprofit announced Thursday. Henderson served as the association’s interim CEO for the previous six months. Furst Group, an Illinois-based health care executive search firm, selected him for the permanent position. He succeeds Tracey D. Brown, who left in October […]
JLARC recommends improvements to workers’ comp system
Virginia should pursue improvements to its existing workers’ compensation system program before considering an alternative program, the Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission recommended in a study released Monday. In December 2018, JLARC directed its staff to conduct a review of Virginia’s worker’s compensation system. The report issued nine major findings regarding com[...]
