West Virginia news and information

Medical school graduates in West Virginia are graduating with hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans, which could eventually lead to a shortage of physicians in the Mountain State.
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A Medicaid redesign by West Virginia that aimed to give recipients individual choices and responsibility had unintended consequences, according to a recent report by George Mason University's Mercatus Center.
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The 227-bed Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth consistently scores in the 90s on patient-satisfaction survey percentiles, including 99th on employee satisfaction, yet the healthcare center is not satisfied with those scores, leaders say.
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A bill relating to the reimbursement of medical records fees didn't pass the West Virginia Legislature this year, but one committee is taking a second look at the issue.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers say last week's interim study meetings raised several red flags about multimillion-dollar contracts awarded through the Department of Health and Human Resources.
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Long-term-care providers are facing growing medical liability costs that are rising at about 4% annually and expected to keep climbing, according to a report from Aon Global Risk Consulting.
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As states increasingly turn to managed care to control Medicaid costs, a pair of lawsuits in Kentucky shows the growing pains that can complicate the transition.
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Highmark, a Pittsburgh insurer seeking to acquire a distressed health system, announced the launch of ProtoCo Supply Chain Partners, a group-purchasing and supply-chain services organization. ProtoCo will aim to squeeze $100 million over five years from West Penn Allegheny's supply expenses, which...
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The world will never know what went through Robert Hawley's mind when the hospital CEO was arrested for driving while intoxicated along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana.
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Hospital industry executives will be eager to see the results of a Medicaid pilot project launched last week that could lead to expanded Medicaid reimbursement for free-standing psychiatric hospitals.
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