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For cancer patients in Virginia, treatment options are growing. The state has two National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, updated technology in clinics in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, and soon, a larger treatment center in Roanoke. The NCI reports that Virginians had a cancer incidence [...]
Sentara to cut 200 jobs across workforce
Sentara Health is cutting approximately 200 positions across its workforce, officials told employees this week. Most of the affected employees work for Sentara Health Plans and are based in Virginia, according to a statement issued Friday by the Hampton Roads-based health system. The cuts are related to the Medicaid redeterminat[...]
ATCC expanding presence in Prince William County
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday that American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) plans to expand its bioresource center campus in Prince William County, investing $54.7 million and creating an expected 75 jobs. The project will include a new biomanufacturing facility focused on global health. “ATCC is a world-class resource for scientists performing vital research to solve […]
U.Va. president, board members stand up for UVA Health execs
The University of Virginia’s president and two UVA Health board members defended UVA Health CEO Dr. Craig Kent and U.Va. School of Medicine Dean Dr. Melina R. Kibbe on Monday, after 128 UVA Physicians Group-employed faculty signed a letter demanding their immediate removal late last week. The letter, which expresses “[...]
In defense of UVA Health’s leaders
Like so many people, I was surprised and shocked to read the U.Va. faculty letter of no confidence in Dr. Craig Kent and Dr. Melina Kibbe. This is especially disturbing since I have served on various UVA Health boards over the past 30 years. It is my opinion that our health system is better today […]
The rate stuff
Three Charlottesville residents allege Sentara inflated local insurance rates to maximize profits. The health system says it’s being unfairly targeted and was just being a good corporate citizen, stepping up to prevent vulnerable Virginians from losing health care coverage. After three years, a federal civil [...]
Portsmouth business owner pleads guilty to $1.3M Medicaid fraud
The owner of a Portsmouth home health care and mental health care services business with a location in Chesapeake pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from illegally receiving more than $1.32 million through Medicaid fraud, the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Whitteney Guyton p[...]
Roanoke-area pediatrician is suspended over alleged sexual, profane comments
Following complaints from co-workers and patients’ parents over sexual and profane comments, the Virginia Board of Medicine suspended the medical license of Roanoke-area pediatrician Dr. Dalton M. Renick on Aug. 22, stating that “a substantial danger to public health or safety” warranted Renick’s summary suspensi[...]
Reports: Novo Nordisk in talks to buy Petersburg Ampac plant
Two South Korean media outlets have reported that the South Korean owner of Ampac Fine Chemicals may sell its manufacturing plant in Petersburg to Novo Nordisk, the Danish global pharmaceutical company. Sources told The Korea Economic Daily that the Seoul-based manufacturing conglomerate SK Group, which purchased Ampac in 2018 f[...]
Carilion Clinic CEO Agee announces retirement
After more than a decade at the helm of Carilion Clinic, Nancy Howell Agee plans to retire at the end of September, the health system announced Wednesday. Steve Arner, who was promoted to president in May 2023, will replace her as Carilion’s top executive, effective Oct. 1. Agee was born at Roanoke Memorial and later [&hel[...]
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[...]
State delays choosing Shenandoah medical marijuana provider
At its June 26 meeting, the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority was expected to announce which company, among 40 applicants, had been selected from a highly competitive process to become the sole licensed pharmaceutical processor of medical cannabis for a region including the entire Shenandoah Valley, as well as the cities of Ch[...]
