What’s new: Gov. Abigail Spanberger appointed Wendy Walter, chair of the VHCA-VCAL Board of Directors and regional director of operations of CCR as the nursing...
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What’s new: Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger, who will be sworn in as governor on January 17, continues to announce members of her administration, including individuals in...
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What’s happening: VHCA-VCAL President and CEO Keith Hare was appointed to Gov.-Elect Abigail Spanberger’s Transition Health and Human Resources (HHR) Policy Committee. Hare was assigned...
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Every year is election year in Virginia! Long term care (LTC) residents have a right to make their voice heard in every election, and providers should...
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Every year is election year in Virginia! Long term care residents have a right to make their voice heard in every election, and providers should...
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What you need to know: You may have received a notification from RetirePath Virginia, the Commonwealth’s retirement savings program for workers without access to an...
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What’s happening: This week Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced he has appointed John Littel as his next chief of staff. Littel, who has served as the secretary of health...
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Call for nominations: The Commonwealth Council on Aging is sponsoring the 2024 Best Practices Award Program for organizations serving older Virginians and their families. The awards...
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Call for nominations: The Commonwealth Council on Aging is sponsoring the 2024 Best Practices Award Program for organizations serving older Virginians and their families. The...
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What’s new: Changes to the Board of Long Term Care Administrator’s regulations for nursing home and assisted living administrators take effect December 21, 2022. The...
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order (EO) 11 extending flexibilities to health care providers to combat COVID-19 along with a COVID-19 Action Plan. EO 11...
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The deadline to participate in the VDH and Virginia Telehealth Network survey specific to long term care telehealth needs has been extended to December 3,...
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Melissa Green, partner and chief clinical officer of Trio Healthcare LLC, has been appointed to the Virginia Board of Health by Gov. Ralph Northam. Green...
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The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman has a new dedicated fax number for all nursing facility notifications and communications, including copies of all...
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In a message to providers earlier this week, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) Commissioner Alison Land urgently requested assistance to relieve a...
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The Virginia Department of Health Professions (DHP) is warning licensees of scam attempts to obtain money or financial and personal information from health professionals by...
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With the election less than a month away and a pandemic that uniquely targets the long term care population still rampant, providers have an opportunity...
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CMS issued QSO-21-02-NH: Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement related to Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Vote affirming the continued right of residents to exercise their...
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The Department of Health Professions (DHP) has been made aware that some licensees have received fraudulent communications from individuals claiming to be from one of...
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The Virginia Department of Elections has published a Voter Pocket Guide which includes information on deadlines for voter registration and requesting absentee ballots along with...
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Assisted living regulations, statutes, and policies in 27 states were updated between June 2018 and June 2019, according to the National Center for Assisted Living’s...
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The Virginia Board of Long-Term Care Administrators has issued a notice that some licensees of the Department of Health Professions have received fraudulent communications from...
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The Virginia Board of Long-Term Care Administrators has issued a notice that some licensees of the Department of Health Professions have received fraudulent communications from...
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Lisa Hahn, Chief Operating Officer of the of the Virginia Department of Health Professions (DHP), is the new chairman of the National Association of Long...
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Gov. Ralph Northam has appointed Dr. M. Norman Oliver as Virginia’s new State Health Commissioner at the Department of Health. The Commissioner of Health oversees...
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The Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is offering tips for Virginians who need to hire a care provider for a loved one...
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With the passing of former Virginia State Senator Charles "Chuck" J. Colgan, Dave Rumford, CEO of Birmingham Green expressed his appreciation for the senator’s efforts...
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In the run up to Election Day on November 8, 2016, the Virginia Department of Elections has announced upcoming deadlines for voters who wish to...
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Corie Tillman Wolf, J.D. has been named the new Executive Director for the Board of Long Term Care Administrators at the Virginia Department of Health...
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Virginia Beach will be home to a new 120-bed facility providing skilled nursing care, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, as well as short-term rehabilitative care to...
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The September 23 Virginia Rural Health Summit is designed to identify information technology (IT) and infrastructure funding needs of rural health care providers while connecting...
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Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that a site in Fauquier County has been selected for a planned 120-bed veterans care center. The 120-bed facility will...
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe has called for the first Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging since 2003. The day and a half conference will be held May...
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This year we again we recognized excellence in the profession at VHCA Awards Banquet. We celebrated the outstanding achievements of administrators, clinical staff, volunteers, and...
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The Virginia Health Care Association’s (VHCA) advocacy work on behalf of long term care providers is a year-round job. While the General Assembly session may...
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You may recall that the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) had planned to implement an automated patient pay reduction against claims utilizing patient pay...
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