Eligible Medicaid patients in the program area who have high blood pressure, prediabetes or diabetes will receive weekly “produce prescriptions” that they can redeem for fruits and vegetables.
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With opioid settlement money at $100 million this year, it still takes extra effort to create safe spaces for pregnant women to recover from addiction in Virginia
The most effective way to get pregnant women into drug treatment is to offer inpatient services that provide child care, experts say. Only two such facilities exist in Virginia; another will open in Roanoke next year.
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Why is it so hard to use opiate settlement funds in rural communities?
The process is complex, and there’s a lot to learn about accessing funds effectively and then reporting back to the state authority that funding was used appropriately.
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‘Please let this be the last time’: Pregnant women battling addiction in Southwest Virginia face barriers to care despite available funds
In rural Virginia, a woman had a better chance of beating addiction and saving her baby by violating probation than she did getting help from the health care system.
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Tennessee health care company pledges to restore hospital services to Patrick County
The previous owner, Foresight Health, dropped its efforts to reopen the hospital after its CEO faced embezzlement charges. The property went up for auction in September, and Braden Health bought it shortly after.
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Warming center’s ready for Martinsville, Henry County. The weather’s not.
This year the center will create more access to services from other agencies.
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Addiction and recovery expert Warren Bickel, who spearheaded Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s growth, dies at 68
Warren Bickel, whose addiction research and products helped put Roanoke, Virginia’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on the map, died on Sept. 28, some four months after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
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Months after cutting ties with oncology provider, Centra says patient numbers are rebounding
Over the last five months, referrals from the Lynchburg area to the University of Virginia Cancer Center have increased 50% compared to the same period last year.
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Patrick County hospital property goes up for auction
A top executive with Foresight Health confirmed that its plans to reopen the facility will not go forward.
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Roanoke medical school plans to double enrollment, move into new building
The proposed site for the new Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine building is within walking distance of the existing campus. The current cost estimate puts the project at $183.7 million.