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WTAP
Memorial Health System’s vascular surgery team earns highest star level award
Marietta, Ohio (WTAP) - The Memorial Health System (MHS) Vascular Surgery team earned the three-star Commitment to Vascular Quality Improvement Award from the Society for Vascular Surgery Quality Initiative (SVS VQI). The award recognizes the health system’s continued commitment to advancing the quality of vascular care. Three stars represent...
beckershospitalreview.com
FTC warns it will stop ‘bad hospital deals’ after steering Ohio hospital to new buyer
The FTC has vowed to block “bad hospital deals” after it helped steer Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, away from Columbus-based OhioHealth’s planned purchase and toward a Sept. 1 acquisition by Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health. A previous FTC staff investigation into OhioHealth’s proposed acquisition of Fairfield...
MilitarySpot
Ohio Guard Provides No-Cost Healthcare
AUGUST 31, 2026 – Ohio National Guard medical personnel joined state and community partners to provide no-cost healthcare and support services to Athens County residents and other Ohioans during GuardCare, conducted Aug. 1-2, at Ohio University. The annual event was held at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic...
Yahoo!
Hope and concern swirl for Ohioans around ‘world’s largest datacenter’
On a winding road tucked away behind forests in the Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio is where OpenAI, Nvidia and Japanese investors are set to spend $500bn on one of the largest artificial intelligence datacenters on the planet. Last March, the energy secretary, Chris Wright, the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick...
sciotovalleyguardian.com
Waverly schools set 7th, 12th grade vaccine clinic
WAVERLY, Ohio — Waverly City Schools will host a vaccination clinic for seventh- and 12th-grade students on Sept. 2, giving families a chance to get state-required immunizations without leaving the district, according to a flyer the district posted to its Facebook page. The clinic, organized with the Pike County...
Chillicothe Gazette
New state-of-the-art medical center opens on CCI grounds
CHILLICOTHE— It took five years of construction and two wardens to be finished, but the new medical facility at Chillicothe Correctional Institution is finally open and serving the aging incarcerated population. Read More: ODRC donates radios to Ross and Pike Counties' first responders The 27,000-square-foot facility sits on what was once an empty field inside the institution's gates. Now, the state-of-the-art facility can provide day-to-day and comprehensive medical, dental and optometric care to incarcerated adults from around the State of Ohio. Caretakers will also benefit from this up-to-date facility with air conditioning, examination rooms, 18 inpatient beds and a walk-up medicine window. An updated medical dorm is located directly next door, making it easy for those needing care to get it quickly. Tim Shoop is now the Warden of the Ross Correctional Institution across the street, but he helped start this project when he was warden of CCI. He has waited years to see this facility up and running and is proud to finally see the doors open to patients. Current CCI Warden Gary Galloway called the facility an "inspiring milestone" and a "monumental occasion." Providing care to those in the institution helps to rehabilitate them and sets them up
mahoningmatters.com
Mahoning Valley Medicaid providers among those indicted on fraud charges
Indictments filed last week by the office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson accuse six Medicaid providers of stealing a combined $558,383 from the government healthcare program for the needy. “Fraud against Medicaid is fraud against Ohio taxpayers,” Wilson said. “We will continue to investigate suspicious billing behavior and hold...