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After CBS 6 broke the news that Virginia is overdue on nearly every single state hospital inspection, CBS 6 Investigative Reporter Melissa Hipolit has now learned the state may not have been doing these inspections at all. The inspections are mandated under state law Virginia Code 32.1-126(B) and
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Virginia Medicaid gave the state's worst-rated nursing homes millions in bonuses meant to reward quality
Virginia's Medicaid agency awarded the state's lowest quality nursing homes millions of dollars in bonus cash meant to reward quality. While critics point to that fact as proof the program is doing very little to actually improve quality of care in facilities, the industry maintains the
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Miyares’ office investigating pharmacy benefit managers, manufacturers over insulin prices
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Tuesday that his office is looking into whether several insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers artificially inflated costs of diabetic medications. Pharmacy benefits managers act as intermediaries between health plans, drug manufacturers and pharmacies. They retain rebates and discounts from contracts, but some consumers
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Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital becomes first in region to offer new AFib treatment
Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital has become the first hospital in the Richmond region to treat a patient with a newly FDA-approved system for atrial fibrillation, a condition that affects nearly 60 million people worldwide. The Medtronic Affera Mapping and Ablation System with Sphere-9 Catheter was used for the
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