Looking elsewhere
For a variety of reasons, most small employers in Virginia appear to be waiting until next year to take advantage of the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, a tool the Obama administration designed to help companies with fewer than 50 full-time-equivalent employees buy more affordable health insurance.
Carilion Clinic to sell its interest in hospital, nursing facility
Centra Health will become sole owner of Bedford Memorial Hospital and Oakwood Health and Rehabilitation Center.
House leaders propose financial audit of Medicaid
Expansion of program is one of the General Assembly’s biggest issues this year.
Mountains of information
Payment data expected to offer a clearer picture of how health care is delivered.
Mary Washington Healthcare to open wound care center in Woodbridge
New facility will be an out-patient department of Stafford Hospital.
Virginia recognizes top scientists.
U.Va.’s Bradley Cox and VCU’s Paul B. Fisher to receive awards for their contributions to science.
Report recommends states tailor health-care solutions to their markets
Twelve-member panel organized by U.Va.’s Miller Center studied ways to contain cost while improving care.
Former Wisconsin governor becomes chairman of HealthcarePays
Richmond-based payment network is designed to reduce waste and fraud.
Cherry Bekaert opens benefits consulting firm
New operation will focus on helping clients with provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
ValueOptions names CFO
Douglas Thompson joined company as a senior vice president last year.
Healthcare website improves, but wave of cancellations upsets policyholders
The October launch of the Affordable Care Act’s individual health insurance option was a mess, but it’s gotten better, say those who are helping people around Virginia apply for coverage.
Ferrum and Mary Baldwin reach admission agreement
Arrangement will allow some Ferrum students to be admitted to Mary Baldwin’s graduate health sciences programs.