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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.
McAuliffe asks business community to push Medicaid expansion
Governor-elect says proposed move is 'an economic development issue and a workforce issue.'
Bon Secours Neurosciences Institute names executive medical director
Dr. Stacey Epps is chairman of the Department of Neurosciences at Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center.
HCA names new president of Richmond-based Capital Division
Robert F. Carrel will succeed Margaret Lewis on Jan. 1.
McLean-based Sunrise Senior Living names new CEO
Penny McIntyre will succeed Mark Ordan on Nov. 18.
RMH Healthcare to add Sentara to its name
Harrisonburg-based hospital became part of health system in 2011.
Vying for dollars
Some of Virginia’s biggest health systems are competing for a share of a big pot of money designed to improve health care and cut costs.
Hospitals cope with cuts, uncertainty as health reform takes effect
Many hospitals and doctors expected an expansion of Medicaid under the ACA to offset some of these cuts. But, for now, all Virginia’s health-care industry has is “a definite ‘maybe’ from the General Assembly,” says Laurens Sartoris, president of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association.
Glitchy start on the exchange
For people signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in early October, it wasn’t a smooth launch.
