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Carilion Clinic raises $96M for cancer center
Carilion Clinic is counting on public support to reach its $100 million goal to build a six-story cancer center in Roanoke.
Virginia Business wins two international journalism awards
Virginia Business won two journalism awards for breaking news coverage and explanatory journalism in the 2025 Alliance of Area Business Publishers awards.
Molina Healthcare to close Henrico office, laying off 268 workers
Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 500 company that manages health care services for Medicaid and Medicare recipients, is closing its Henrico County office and laying off 268 workers.
UVA Health taps new CFO
UVA Health announced Thursday that Stephanie Schnittger will become its chief financial officer, starting July 7.
Sentara reorganizes to market-based model
Sentara Health has changed its operating model to a regional market-based system, the Virginia Beach-based health system announced May 13.
Henrico supervisors approve permit for St. Mary’s expansion
Bon Secours Mercy Health's planned $370 million renovation and expansion of Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in western Henrico County advanced May 13, as the Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved a provisional use permit tied to the project.
UnitedHealth Group CEO steps down as company lowers, then withdraws financial outlook for 2025
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty steps down amid rising costs. The insurer suspends its 2025 outlook; shares drop 16% after months of instability.
Roanoke’s Carilion gets state OK for kidney transplants
Carilion Clinic has the state’s blessing to move forward with a kidney transplant program, despite public opposition from competitor UVA Health and a 2024 recommendation from the staff of the Division of Certificate of Public Need (DCOPN) that the Roanoke-based health system‘s application be denied. In an email Wednesday, Dr. Karen Shelton, Virginia’s health commissioner,[...]
Bon Secours opens Harbour View hospital in Suffolk
Bon Secours on Tuesday will officially open its new $80 million 100,000 square-foot Harbour View Medical Center in Suffolk.
Medicaid cuts could close Virginia’s rural hospitals, Warner warns
Sen. Mark Warner warns Medicaid cuts may shutter hospitals West of Roanoke. In Virginia. That's because many rural hospitals operate in the red, and depend on Medicaid funding to keep the lights on.
StoneSprings Hospital Center announces new chief nursing officer
HCA Virginia's StoneSprings Hospital Center in Dulles announced that Becki Lawhorne became its new chief nursing officer on Monday.
Carilion Clinic wants to launch a kidney transplant program; UVA Health opposes it
In the coming weeks, Carilion Clinic will learn whether it has the go-ahead from the state to launch a kidney transplant program at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, a plan UVA Health has publicly opposed. The Roanoke-based health system‘s pitch for establishing a program is that there is no kidney transplant surgery available in the southwestern […]
