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Bon Secours plans to appeal VDH approval of rival Chesterfield hospitals
Bon Secours has filed appeals challenging state approvals for hospital projects from competitors VCU Health and HCA Healthcare.
Medicaid cuts put 10 Virginia hospitals at risk, report says
Medicaid cuts from H.R. 1 put 10 Virginia hospitals at risk of closure or service reduction, impacting rural and underserved communities.
Health systems build out outpatient centers, freestanding ERs
Freestanding emergency rooms and ambulatory surgery centers are growing in Virginia, improving patient convenience and easing hospital demand with new facilities opening by 2025.
Health care systems navigate supply chain disruptions
Virginia health systems adjusted practices and sourcing as IV fluid shortages, tariffs and global disruptions strained supply chains.
Centra’s $600M+ capital upgrades include new hospital tower
What’s expected to be a three-year, $400 million construction project is underway at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital (LGH). A new six-story tower will add 266,200 square feet to the hospital and marks the biggest portion of more than $600 million in recent capital investments by Centra Health, a regional nonprofit health system serving more than […]
Can Virginia’s medical schools fill physician shortages?
Virginia faces a growing physician shortage as retirements rise, residency slots lag and medical school capacity strains, despite record application numbers.
Health systems forecast pain from Medicaid cuts
Virginia hospitals face closures as Medicaid cuts hit budgets; Augusta Health closes clinics, warns of $40M loss by 2034.
Health Care 2025: JACKSON, REESE
Since 2016, Jackson has led Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, which includes the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and more than 40 practice locations, as well as about 600 physicians serving Hampton Roads. In early April, the hospital opened a psychiatric emergency room, the first on Hampton Roads’ south side, and at the end of the month, the […]
Health Care 2025: JEVSEVAR, DR. DAVID S.
In 2022, Jevsevar became CEO of OrthoVirginia, the largest independent orthopedic practice in the state, with 155-plus orthopedic specialist physicians across more than 35 locations in Lynchburg, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Southwest Virginia and Hampton Roads. The practice, which is the official orthopedic and sports medicine provider of the Washington Commanders, turns 10 this year. An [&hellip[...]
Health Care 2025: PESICKA, EDWARD A.
Pesicka became CEO of Fortune 500 health care logistics and supply company Owens & Minor in 2019. In 2023, he announced a five-year strategic plan for the company to increase profits and reduce costs. Owens & Minor reported $10.7 billion in fiscal 2024 revenue, up from $10.3 billion in 2023. The company has been engaged […]
Health Care 2025: LEVY, DR. MARLON
After two years serving as VCU Health‘s interim leader, Levy was appointed permanently in November 2024. A specialist in abdominal organ transplant surgery, Levy was named to lead the Richmond medical system and its health sciences department following the sudden departure of Dr. Art Kellermann in late 2022. Early in 2023, news broke that VCU […]
Health Care 2025: DAVIS, MELINA
In 2014, Davis became executive vice president of MSV, a trade organization that represents more than 30,000 physicians, physician assistants, residents and medical students. Four years later, she took the helm as CEO. MSV successfully advocated for laws to allow Virginia health care professionals to seek mental health care and help for career fatigue without […]
