Health Care

The long-awaited organizational review for the Department of Health And Human Resources was released Thursday afternoon.

The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) will invest about $240 million in federal Medicaid funds to increase rates for home health care and community-based service providers.

Two programs in West Virginia will receive close to $2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Some doctors and nurses are taking their COVID care beyond the bedside. They’re using social media to share medical information and to push back against rumors and fear. For this Us & Them episode, host Trey Kay speaks with medical professionals who are using social media to enhance their approach to COVID care.

On this West Virginia Morning, while much of the country has returned to normal with regard to the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals and healthcare providers are still struggling. We talk with Doug Mitchell, Chief of Nursing for WVU hospitals, about how things are going and where we go from here.

On this West Virginia Morning, as the pandemic appears to be winding down and we return to normal, we look back on the essential people who provided medical care at all levels.

The West Virginia National Guard completed its hospital support mission on Friday, part of a larger draw down of the number of guard members providing support for COVID-19 response in West Virginia.

Warning of hospitals and other health providers facing “an urgent staffing crisis,” the Republican governors of Virginia and West Virginia on Monday asked the Biden administration for a limited waiver to the federal vaccine mandate for health care workers.

On this week’s episode of The Legislature Today, reporter Curtis Tate brings us a recap of Gov. Jim Justice’s 2022 State of the State address. The governor was expected to give his speech two weeks ago but tested positive for COVID-19 the day before the scheduled event.

A public-private health care partnership will launch a products preparedness center in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced.