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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, [...]
Virginia rises in national health rankings
United Health Foundation’s most recent America’s Health Rankings annual report ranks Virginia as one of the most improved states in health metrics, hospital alliance Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association announced Monday. Virginia was one of three states that “made the largest improvements in the rankings since 2018.” Virginia improved in health outcomes and behaviors, according […][...]
Owens & Minor names new board member
Mechanicsville-based Owens & Minor Inc. has named Michael C. Riordan, a former co-chief executive officer of Prisma Health, to its board of directors. Owens & Minor is a Fortune 500 medical distribution company with 17,000 employees in 90 countries. Riordan, 61, served as chief executive for the Greenville Health System from 2006 to 2016, when […]
Virginia improves health ranking in national report
Virginia ranks as one of the most improved states in health metrics, according to United Health Foundation’s annual report “America’s Health Rankings” released Monday. The commonwealth ranked 15th in the 2019 report, which conducts a state-by-state analysis of national health by evaluating health, environmental and socioeconomic data. Scoring is based on 35 measures across five […][...]
Carilion president donates $1 million for new cancer center
Carilion Clinic President and CEO Nancy Howell Agee and her husband, U.S. Circuit Judge G. Steven Agee, have given $1 million to launch the $100 million Carilion Clinic Cancer Center on the VTC Health Sciences and Technology campus in Roanoke, the nonprofit health care organization announced Tuesday. “Cancer care has long held[...]
Got an idea for improving community health? It could be worth $10,000.
UnitedHealthcare of the Mid-Atlantic Inc.'s competition is open to Hampton Roads small businesses.
Cancer, life sciences projects win $3.3M in grants
University researchers must find matching funds next.
Virginia Beach-based LifeNet acquires San Diego company
Samsara Sciences will be incorporated into recently opened California facility.
‘Screen-side manner’
Initially focused on rural areas, U.Va.’s telehealth program has expanded to wherever there is a shortage of specialists.
Bon Secours names Faraaz Yousuf Richmond market president
Yousuf joined Bon Secours Mercy Health in July as chief strategy officer of the health system's Atlantic Group.
Optima Health to take majority stake in Virginia Premier
Together, the health plans will serve nearly 800,000 members.
