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WASHINGTON, DC - Health systems, accountable care organizations and other operators are largely responsible for engaging providers in value-based care, as CMS policies and programs aren’t especially prescriptive on that front.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - Michael Edmond, M.D., chief medical officer (CMO) of the West Virginia University Health System, announced Tuesday the appointment of Allison Suttle, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.O.G., as the Health System’s chief quality officer (CQO).

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MORGANTOWN, WV - New members of the Mon Health Medical Center and Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital governing body have been announced.

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BUCKHANNON, WV - The Upshur Cooperative Parish House and St. Joseph’s Hospital will hold a free vaccine clinic for COVID-19 on Monday, August 30 outside the Parish House located at 68 College Avenue in Buckhannon.

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CHARLESTON, WV - With 5,949 covid-19 cases and 369 hospitalizations identified by the state, Gov. Jim Justice says conditions are getting bad.

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CHARLESTON, WV - The fourth surge of the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of waning in West Virginia, officials said Monday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasting protection against the coronavirus as the delta variant spreads across the country.

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