Virginia news and information

Some states that will be running their health insurance exchanges with help from the federal government are not receiving necessary information in a timely fashion, which may inhibit their ability to effectively prepare for the launch of their marketplaces, according to a study released Friday from...
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Former White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra lost in his primary election bid Tuesday to become the Democratic Party's nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia.
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One of the insurance industry's medical home experiments has slowed costs and significantly lifted quality scores in its second year of operation, raising hopes for pilot programs initiated under the 2010 healthcare reform legislation.
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West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's decision to open Medicaid to more low-income West Virginians was reached neither quickly nor easily, administration officials say.
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Some small, rural healthcare organizations have become health information technology front-runners and their leaders techno mavens, despite the digital divide that separates the larger, urban health IT have-nows from the smaller, rural IT have-not-yets.
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Mountain States Health Alliance, which operates 12 hospitals in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, will join Vanderbilt University Medical Center's network of affiliated hospitals.
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One of the last undecided Democratic governors has opted to expand Medicaid. West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced his intention to urge funding of the expansion by the Democratic-led Legislature after considering it for nearly a year.
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The campaign to give more primary-care duties to nurse practitioners faces headwinds across the country. Physician groups continue to resist sweeping measures that would expand the allowed scope of practice for licensed nurses with advanced medical training.
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Legislation authorizing Medicaid expansion and imposing regional tax increases for transportation is unconstitutional, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Friday.
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The University of Virginia is part of a growing trend of using videoconferencing technologies to plug crucial, and large, gaps in the state's mental healthcare infrastructure.
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