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MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute and the WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance hit a milestone achievement last week when they successfully performed the first heart transplant surgery ever in the state of West Virginia.

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CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Medical Services is now accepting public comments on the new Children with Serious Emotional Disorder Waiver policy manual until Dec. 1.

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BUCKHANNON, WV - West Virginia has the highest number of diabetics in the nation.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to offer kidney transplants, making it West Virginia’s first and only fully functional multi-organ transplant center.

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WASHINGTON, DC - More than 300,000 people had data exposed in healthcare breaches reported to the federal government last month.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration and red states haven't given up on curbing Medicaid enrollment and imposing work requirements after recent setbacks, but they are going back to the drawing board to figure out how they can reach their goals.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Medicare beneficiaries are struggling with higher cost-sharing stemming from health systems snapping up physician practices and shifting many services to their outpatient departments, according to new federal research.

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