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Opinion: West Virginia’s CON laws hurt rural health care — it’s time to repeal them

By Jaimie Cavanaugh, attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation In a recent column, state Delegate Scot Heckert argues that West Virginia’s Certificate of Need (CON) program is needed to protect health care services in rural communities. Unfortunately, his defense ignores clear evidence that these outdated laws reduce access to care and increase patient[Read More…]

GameChanger is making a difference 

West Virginia Press Association Battling drug abuse among our state’s youth requires a team effort to be successful and no organization is proving that axiom better than GameChanger. GameChanger is a student-powered substance misuse prevention movement connecting West Virginia students and the educators who care about them to build school[Read More…]

NRGRDA, WV Association of Regional Councils leading West Virginia child care economic impact survey

Deadline looms for Mountain State’s child care community West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. – In collaboration with the West Virginia Association of Regional Councils, and supported by the WV Economic Development Council, the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) is launching the West Virginia Child Care Economic Impact[Read More…]

NRGRDA, W.Va. Association of Regional Councils leading West Virginia Child Care Economic Impact Survey

Deadline looms for Mountain State’s child care community West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. – In collaboration with the West Virginia Association of Regional Councils, and supported by the WV Economic Development Council, the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) is launching the West Virginia Child Care Economic Impact Survey to[Read More…]

APTA-West Virginia training to focus on latest treatment strategies

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia physical therapists, committed to learning the most advanced methods about treating back pain and other physical ailments, will welcome a leading training expert to the upcoming annual conference of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA-WV). APTA-WV[Read More…]

W.Va. Legislative Interims: Lawmakers looking at ways to increase mental health support for EMS providers

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s lawmakers are looking at ways to increase mental health support for the state’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers.  On Sunday, during the first day of August’s legislative interim meetings, members of the Joint Committee on Volunteer Fire Departments[Read More…]

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