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Chesapeake Health Department to host $10 Rabies Vaccination Clinic
CHESAPEAKE, Va.- The Chesapeake Health Department is set to host a $10 Rabies Vaccination Clinic on Saturday. To kick off Rabies Awareness Week, pets are welcome with an option of a three-year vaccination with current rabies certification and one year vaccination available without current rabies certificate. Pets are required to be leashed or crated. […]
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Hampton Roads hospitals post prices, but some rates remain hard to figure out
A new report is flagging several Hampton Roads hospitals that publish pricing files that passed the federal validator but still leave users unable to calculate some negotiated insurance rates. PatientRightsAdvocate.org rated 23 of the 45 Virginia hospitals it reviewed as noncompliant with federal price transparency requirements. Its September report found...
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New VA outpatient clinic opens in Chesapeake, aiming to cut travel time for veterans
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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital helps extend shelf life of vital blood platelets
REFRIGERATING PLATELETS DOUBLES STORAGE TIME, EXPANDS LIFE-SAVING CARE. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Sentara Laboratory Services have introduced a major advancement in trauma and critical care with cold-storage platelets, a new blood product now available through a partnership with the American Red Cross. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the only adult...
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Lawsuit by more than 1,000 women against Chesapeake Regional comes to court
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A lawsuit by 1,040 plaintiffs against the authority connected to Chesapeake Regional Medical Center had its first hearing Wednesday in Circuit Court. The plaintiffs allege the hospital was grossly negligent in granting operating privileges to OBGYN Javaid Perwaiz. He was convicted on federal charges of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid for performing […]
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Bayview tells patients what its new Medicare program provides, but patients say they’re not seeing it
Nine days after David Hartley said he was diagnosed with a serious allergy, alpha-gal syndrome, he lost the primary care practice he had relied on for about 20 years. Hartley said he had recently asked Bayview Physicians Group to remove him from Advanced Primary Care Management, or APCM, a Medicare program that allows primary care practices to receive monthly payments for coordinating and managing patients’ care.
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Chesapeake Regional to pay $12.8M in tentative physician fraud settlement with feds
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center has reached a tentative agreement with the Justice Department to resolve a criminal case stemming from the hospital’s decades-long relationship with convicted OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz, MD, 13 News Now reported Aug. 19. Under the tentative agreement, the hospital would admit certain facts, submit to independent...
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New details in a civil lawsuit against Chesapeake Regional Medical Center over former Dr. Javaid Perwaiz
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Norfolk Back-to-School Clinic offers free immunizations
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Norfolk Department of Health is hosting a Back-to-School Clinic to help families stay healthy in the school year ahead. On Thursday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., families can go to 830 Southampton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510 and receive required health checkups and immunizations for children entering pre-K, […]