Emily Schabacker

Carilion Clinic will be required to submit an application to the state’s Certificate of Public Need Division that demonstrates the need for these services in the region. 

Amy Carrier had held the position since September 2021.

Foresight Health purchased the shuttered hospital in 2022 with a promise to reopen it, but little work was ever done on the building.

Hospital leaders say that new safety measures are in place, and that no patients came into contact with sullied instruments.

Foresight Health said it would hand over the property if the county paid half of the company’s expenses related to the project. Included on the list of expenses: more than $457,000 in private jet travel and stays at luxury resorts.

The project is part of a larger initiative to invest $1 billion to expand and modernize infrastructure throughout the health system.

Advocates heralded the governor’s proposed investment in Medicaid waivers, which would address the priority one waitlist of 3,440 people. But another 14,000-plus Virginians languish on other lists, and service providers say they’re already struggling to meet demand. 

The company suggested that ownership of the property be transferred to the county, but county officials say they weren’t aware of these plans.