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Report Recommends Increasing Midwives To Improve Maternal Healthcare
Midwives and doulas, coupled with changes in obstetrics payment models and key changes in hospital merger reviews could sharply improve maternal health care in West Virginia, a new report finds.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Program Aims To Keep Seniors At Home, This West Virginia Morning
As baby boomers in West Virginia and nationwide continue to age, more Gen X and Millennial adults are finding themselves as caregivers for their parents. Pittsburgh’s major health systems are designing a new program alongside federal agencies aimed at keeping seniors at home for as long as possible.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFederal Cuts To Medicaid Endanger Addiction Treatment, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, federal cuts and changes to state law focused on Medicaid programs could undermine West Virginia’s drug addiction and treatment system for 50,000 residents.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them Encore: Black West Virginians With Substance Use Disorder Face Unique Challenges
West Virginia leads the nation in overdose deaths, but not everyone experiences the crisis the same way. In this Regional Edward R. Murrow Award-winning episode of Us & Them, Trey Kay examines the unique challenges Black West Virginians face in addiction treatment and recovery — and what happens as the state changes how those services are funded.
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New EMS Program Aims To Expand Rural Healthcare Access In W.Va.
Paramedics in rural counties of West Virginia can help patients access healthcare and stay connected to providers -- an effort to prevent acute illness and improve health outcomes.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Website Aims To Help W.Va. Medicaid Recipients Prepare For Changes
A new website launched by the W.Va. Dept. of Human Services provides information about changes to Medicaid requirements.
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