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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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Proposed Chesterfield gas plant draws community objections, industry support
Virginia officials slammed Dominion Energy’s proposed peaker gas plant slated to be built in Chesterfield at an air permit hearing Monday night, as community members and their representatives said the pollution in the air will be too great. “I don’t understand how we impose upon a community that’
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