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Inova breaks ground on Alexandria, Springfield hospitals
In late September, Inova Health System broke ground on two new hospitals — one in Alexandria and the other in Springfield, the start of a new phase for the Falls Church health system. Both acute-care hospitals are expected to be completed in 2028, officials say. Inova Alexandria, which will sit on the former Landmark Mall […]
100 People to Meet in 2025: Angels
Helping the sick, improving workplaces for health care workers and researching illnesses, these Virginians put others’ needs ahead of their own, making the commonwealth a better place. Sarah Henshaw Nursing senior director, Carilion Clinic Cardiovascular Institute, Roanoke While studying nursing at Radford University, Sarah Henshaw worked as a nursing assistant at Carilion Roanoke Memorial H[...]
Inova makes acting CFO permanent
After serving in an acting capacity since March, Rick Talento is now Inova Health‘s permanent chief financial officer, the Falls Church-based regional health system announced Wednesday. Talento will continue to be responsible for the system’s financial operations and will also be responsible for planning and forecasting. He succeeds Alice Pope, who is now CFO of […]
Inova pays $2.37M to settle False Claims Act allegations
Three Inova Health entities have agreed to pay more than $2.37 million to settle claims that Inova submitted Medicaid claims containing falsified information. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced on Friday the agreement with Inova Health System Foundation, Inova Health Care Services and Inova Physician Partners, settling the False Claims […]
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 […]
After two years, VCU Health makes Levy permanent CEO
Two years after he first became interim CEO, Dr. Marlon F. Levy has been named VCU Health System’s permanent head. Virginia Commonwealth University announced Monday that Levy’s interim roles as the Richmond-based health system’s CEO and senior vice president for VCU Health Sciences were made permanent in appointments by the VCU Board of Visitors and […]
VCU wins approval to start lung transplant surgeries
VCU Health announced Wednesday it has received approval to start lung transplantation surgeries at its Hume-Lee Transplant Center, becoming one of three facilities in the state providing lung transplants. “This will be extremely beneficial for the hundreds of patients living with advanced lung disease in Eastern and Central Virginia,” Dr. Marlon Levy, interim VCU Health […]
Currie Medical to expand in Norfolk
Currie Medical, a medical device manufacturer, plans to invest $1.22 million to expand its operations in Norfolk, creating an estimated 60 jobs, the governor’s office announced Friday. Based in Franklin, Tennessee, Currie Medical will lease a 30,000-square-foot building at 3701 E. Virginia Beach Blvd. in Norfolk, where it will house its medical device reprocessing operation […]
Taubmans give $25 million for Carilion cancer center
Carilion Clinic will soon break ground on a new building for an expanded cancer program thanks to a $25 million gift from a Star City family, the largest ever made to the nonprofit health care system. The gift from former Advance Auto Parts CEO Nicholas Taubman, also a past U.S. ambassador to Romania, and his […]
2024 Virginia CFO Awards: Nonprofits: John Zabrowski, VHC Health
VHC Health Chief Financial Officer John Zabrowski zeroed in on accounting and finance early in life, double majoring in the subjects at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and then doing two internships in public accounting after graduation. “I love economics, I love statistics,” he says. “I found that I was really attracted to the […]
Inova Fairfax Hospital ranks No. 1 in Va. for fourth year
For the fourth consecutive year, Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church has taken the No. 1 spot in Virginia on the U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of the best hospitals in the nation, released Tuesday. The Inova Health System hospital also ranked first in the Washington, D.C., metro area for the fourth straight […]
Inova raises $83M to match Schars’ $75M gift
Inova Health System has raised $83 million over the past year, surpassing the “Schar Challenge” issued by donors Dwight and Martha Schar when they made a $75 million matching gift to Inova in May 2023. The Schars’ most recent gift to support Inova’s heart and vascular services and the gifts to match it made by […]
