NewsScan

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Politicians and developers came together to break ground in Bridgeport for the new Mon Health Harrison Neighborhood Hospital.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Hailea E. Harper, Au.D., has joined the WVU Medicine United Hospital Center ENT & Audiology practice.

WEIRTON, WV - For decades, those who volunteer with the Weirton Medical Center Auxiliary have shared a single purpose — to help the hospital they cherish give back to others in need.

ST. CLAIRESVILLE, WV - The WVU Medicine Children’s Gala is now just a few short weeks away.

WHEELING, WV - The summer’s biggest party has just wrapped up.

MORGANTOWN, WV - More than 130 golfers, some including former WVU football players, were at Lakeview Golf Resort in Morgantown on Friday for the 34th annual Jozwiak Legends Golf Classic.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Arecently developed program through WVU Medicine Medical Weight Management is encouraging patients to add more vegetables to their diet while demonstrating simple recipes using healthy ingredients.

PARKERSBURG, WV - June and “Movember” are typically known as Men’s Health awareness months but all year men should be aware of age-appropriate screenings and preventative health care issues.

WHEELING, WV - In the type of weather that will hit the Ohio Valley this weekend, you have to be careful if you are outside for long periods of time and it is important to know how to cool off properly.

WASHINGTON, DC - Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not getting vaccinated, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society.

MORGANTOWN, WV - AWest Virginia University-led effort is extending its reach to 11 Mountain State counties, providing more low-income pregnant women and families with children access to health care and life skills through the West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants — HAPI — project.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Summer is in full swing and Mon Health Primary Care reminds patients of important summer safety tips to keep themselves healthy this summer.

WASHINGTON, DC - As more older adults opt for Medicare Advantage plans, reimbursement fights between hospitals and insurers are increasingly centered around those contracts.

WASHINGTON, DC - Advocates for telehealth viewed the proposed physician payment rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a win but emphasized the need for Congressional action.

CHARLESTON, WV - More funding in the form of $1 million is going toward the ongoing project to build new and permanent ambulance stations across four Kanawha County locations.

CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice announced on Thursday the distribution of $5.38 million in grant awards for projects throughout West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - As the hot temperatures continue across West Virginia this week, Appalachian Power Company says it will be cutting back on the utility’s planned maintenance related power outages.

WASHINGTON, DC - Medicare physician payments would decline 2.9% in 2025 under a proposed rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, DC - Hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers would receive 2.6% reimbursement hikes next year under a proposed rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued Wednesday.

CHARLESTON, WV - The AHA, 340B Health, Maryland Hospital Association and Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers July 9 filed an amicus brief in a federal district court in Maryland, defending the state’s law protecting 340B pricing for contract pharmacy arrangements. AHA, 340B Health and the West Virginia Hospital Association last week filed a similar amicus brief in a federal district court in West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - The American Red Cross is urgently appealing to residents of West Virginia and across the nation to donate blood amidst a critical shortage.

MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Jackson and Gilmer counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Pocahontas and Barbour counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia University researchers will put a sleep apnea detection device at the fingertips or wrists of patients facilitating early diagnosis and treatment of the disease with support from a National Science Foundation grant.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2024.

WASHINGTON, DC - CMS has launched a dementia care program that will be piloted by 400 organizations.

WASHINGTON, DC - When hospitals are hit by cyberattacks that compromise crucial technology systems for managing patient care, the stakes are staggering.

WASHINGTON, DC - A legal victory for Medicare Advantage insurers and marketers ironically may cause some headaches when open enrollment for 2025 rolls around.

CHARLESTON, WV - State Senate President Craig Blair says his gut tells him the state cannot afford an additional 5% cut in the personal income tax but he’s willing to discuss it.

WASHINGTON, DC - Diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) jumped up in recent years, especially among older Americans, according to new data.