MORGANTOWN – Back in 2017, bariatric surgeon Dr. Nova Szoka had an idea for a device that would make for safer, more efficient surgeries. That thought began a five-year journey that is nearing fruition with a device called the Endolumik Gastric Calibration Tube. Mara McFadden, CEO of ...
MORGANTOWN — Friends of WVU Hospitals honored volunteers on Friday during a luncheon at the Ruby Memorial Hospital in conjunction with National Volunteer Week. It was a special event, said Volunteer Services Director Kimberly Hartsell, because it was their first in three years. COVID ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Thomas Health System needed a partner. That’s the conclusion of WVU Medicine President and CEO Albert Wright when sizing up the decision by his system and Thomas to join forces first in a clinical and management agreement to be followed by full membership in the WVU Medicine system. The deal was first announced Wednesday. Wright said the South Charleston-based Thomas Health, which includes Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston and St. Francis Hospital in downtown Charleston, would probably be faced with linking up with a for-profit hospital company ...
TO REPORT health-care fraud: 800-HHS-TIPS (447-8477); tips.hhs.gov; TTY at 800-377-4950 MORGANTOWN – A panel of experts gathered at WVU's law school Thursday morning to talk about how health care fraud harms everyone. The gathering was timely, coming on the heels of a Wednesday ...
The hospitals of Mon Health recognize the meaning of organ donation and the life-saving difference it makes with awareness events throughout the month. On Tuesday, Mon Health Hospitals held flag-raisings, including at Mon Health Medical Center, Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital, Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, and Grafton City Hospital, an affiliate of Mon Health. The flags were provided by CORE — the Center for Organ Replacement and Education. CORE coordinates the recovery and matching of organs, tissues, and corneas for transplant in the region. With ...
BY DAVE WILSON West Virginia lawmakers are working on a plan they hope can provide some long-term stability for emergency medical services agencies struggling to keep their operations running. According to Delegate Joe Statler, R-Monongalia, Gov. Jim Justice allocated $10 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to provide some relief for financially strapped agencies. “We believe that we’ve got to shore up the long-term problem to even get to the short-term problems that are facing some of these companies that are still operating but on a shoestring,” Statler said ...
