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FAIRMONT, WV - Sen. Joe Manchin was in Marion County Tuesday to visit a technology business and get a hospital tour.

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WASHINGTON, DC - The CMS on Monday proposed paying physicians and providers additional money if they use home dialysis machines to treat end-stage renal disease patients.

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CHARLESTON, WV - The spike in Covid-19 infections across the United States is real – and the numbers of confirmed cases here in West Virginia and across the southern reaches of the state are on the rise, too.

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BLUEFIELD, WV - Tim Bess has been named Chief Executive Officer of Greenbrier Valley Medical Center effective June 22, 2020.

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CHARLESTON, WV - In a move to slow down the growing number of positive Covid-19 cases in the state, Gov. Jim Justice has ordered the mandatory wearing of facial coverings in public indoor spaces where social distancing cannot be achieved.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Even as hospital and ambulatory sector hiring rebounded in June, federal data show nursing homes continued to shed jobs last month.

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WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced legislation that would provide certainty to hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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