2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (241+ words) Some of the 300,000 people who are at risk of losing health insurance in Virginia will fall through the cracks when they fail to prove their eligibility every six months instead of every year. That's just one of the provisions of…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (168+ words) Experts say about 700 rural hospitals nationwide are at risk for closing – several of them here in the Commonwealth. Harold Miller is President and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. “A lot of rural hospitals, particularly small,…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (675+ words) After a routine trip to her mailbox, Dawn Daly-Mack almost threw away an important letter that she thought was junk mail. "I opened it up and it said, 'Your medical bill has been paid,'" says Daly-Mack, 60, who lives in Gaston,…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago   (132+ words) Centra Health will end OB/GYN services at its Southside Community Hospital in Farmville in December. With new Medicaid rules expected to reduce insurance reimbursements to rural hospitals many providers are facing difficult decisions about whether they can afford to…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (278+ words) More than 11,000 children in Virginia lost health insurance this year. That's according to a new report from the Commonwealth Institute, which points to the end of pandemic-era provisions as well as changes to federal law. New report: Thousands of Virginia…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago   (507+ words) A recent meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee showed Virginia continues to beat revenue expectations. But the good news comes as uncertainty, and the option of conforming state taxes to new federal cuts, looms on the horizon. Let's start with…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (107+ words) New Medicaid rules will take effect in 2027 and Virginia will have to make some changes in order to be ready.Work requirements and twice-yearly eligibility checks will put a heavier load on systems that are decades old and bringing them…...