Tryko Partners acquires three Va. nursing facilities
New Jersey-based property management company Tryko Partners LLC has acquired three Cambridge Healthcare Services nursing facilities in Virginia and plans to invest approximately $9 million in renovations and programming at the facilities, Tryko announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The facilities include the 307-bed Woodbine Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center[...]
Two Va. hospitals ranked in nation’s top 100
Healthgrades has named its 2020 list of the top 250 hospitals in the United States, and two Virginia hospitals landed in the top 100. Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church and Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk are in the top 2% of the America’s Best Hospitals survey released Tuesday. Inova Fairfax was recognized as one […]
Carilion Clinic generated more than $3.2B in 2018, study shows
Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic generated more than $3.2 billion in economic impact and approximately 24,000 jobs in Virginia in 2018, according to a Carilion-commissioned study released Wednesday from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service’s Center for Economic and Policy Studies. Using data from Oct. 1, 2017, through Sept. 30, 2018, the economic […]
Focused Ultrasound Foundation names chief relationship officer
Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation has named Ann Taylor its chief relationship officer, the nonprofit organization announced Wednesday. She will start on March 1. Taylor has more than 27 years of nonprofit leadership experience as executive vice president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and as executive director of the Darden School Foundation at the University of […]
DMAS surveys new Medicaid enrollees
At the one-year mark for Medicaid expansion in Virginia, the number of newly enrolled adults in Medicaid has nearly doubled from 200,100 to 370,000. And survey data from an online dashboard released Tuesday by the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) indicates that before gaining health coverage from Medicaid, nearly two-thirds of enrollees went […]
Norfolk medical device firm receives additional $2.5M from DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $2.5 million in non-dilutive funding to Norfolk-based medical device manufacturer Embody Inc. for the second phase of development and clinical assessment for its proprietary Microbrace ACL technology for the repair of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, the company announced Tuesday. Embody previously received $11.85 million [...]
Henrico office building sells for $6.3M
A Henrico County office building, the Campbell Building, sold for $6.3 million to Atlanta-based B&C CCPB LLC, Canada-based real estate company Colliers International announced Monday. The 55,920-square-foot class B office building is located at 8002 Discovery Drive in the Forest Avenue office corridor. HCA Healthcare’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital is across the street. The property was [&[...]
Advantia Health receives $45M investment
Arlington-based Advantia Health, which facilitates women’s health care services via its online platform, announced Friday that it received a $45 million investment from New York City-based investment management company BlueMountain Capital Management. Advantia connects customers to OB-GYN, primary care, mental wellness and specialist care providers. The company will use the investment to hir[...]
Reston’s SOC Telemed names new Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Jason Hallock was named as Reston-based acute-care telemedicine company SOC Telemed’s chief medical officer, the company announced Wednesday. Hallock has more than 20 years of health care experience working in hospital systems. In his new role, he will oversee management of clinical and medical objectives. He most recently worked for US Acute Care Solutions, […]
Cigna names mid-Atlantic market medical executive
Cigna has named Dr. Vaishali Geib as medical executive for its mid-Atlantic market, which covers Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland, the global health services company announced Friday. In her new role, Geib will focus on physician and hospital system collaboration, network development, client growth and retention, quality improvement and total medical cost reduction. […]