FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- June 12, 2024
11 views 6 min

City Council Approves First Read of Hospital Expansion Plans

There will be a second read and final approval of plans to build a new medical clinic and training facility, and remove the building currently housing Kids’ Station, later this month. Fredericksburg City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a first read of a rezoning request from Mary Washington Healthcare that will permit the demolishment of […]

310 POSTS
Managing Editor and Correspondent ...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- May 22, 2024
23 views 6 min

Facility Fees Surprise Patients at Mary Washington Healthcare Practices

Fees are charged at practices that are considered “outpatient departments of the hospital.” On May 1, patients of Mary Washington Rheumatology received a message in their inboxes. “As of 7 a.m. June 3, 2024, Rheumatology will be converting to a hospital-based outpatient clinic of Mary Washington Hospital,” read the message, which was signed by Daniel […]

310 POSTS
Managing Editor and Correspondent ...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- April 22, 2024
18 views 4 min

Public Hearing on Mary Washington Healthcare’s Expansion Plan Scheduled

Photo by Robinson Recalde on Unsplash

Mary Washington Healthcare’s plans to build a new medical clinic where Kids’ Station daycare and preschool is now will be subject to a public hearing before the Fredericksburg Planning Commission on Wednesday. The hospital system is requesting a rezoning to replace the 1993 general development plan and permit the demolishment of Kids’ Station and the […]

310 POSTS
Managing Editor and Correspondent ...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- April 1, 2024
15 views 4 min

Washington Heritage Museums to Host Two Events this Week Celebrating Lafayette

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT In 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette was on his way to meet with George Washington in Annapolis, Maryland, when he decided to make a detour, disobeying Washington’s orders. “He went miles and miles out of his way to come to Fredericksburg to visit Mary Washington,” said Craig Vasey, a […]

310 POSTS
Managing Editor and Correspondent ...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- March 8, 2024
17 views 4 min

The News That Moved Us This Past Week: March 1 – 8

by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF The week just past saw still another local school district with unfunded needs, all things election, elementary school No. 19 still homeless, Mary Washington Healthcare expanding, and FOIA Follies in King George. Also – our new website continues to pick up steam. Check it out to easily access and read the most […]

246 POSTS
by Martin Davis EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- March 6, 2024
22 views 2 min

Mary Washington Healthcare Plans to Build Conference Center and New Medical Clinic, Expand Snowden House

Mary Washington Healthcare is seeking approval to build a conference center and new medical clinic and construct an addition to Snowden House, a historic structure on the hospital campus that is used for “meetings, receptions, and fundraising activities,” according to the MWHC website. The new 24,500-square-foot two-story medical clinic will replace the building that currently […]

310 POSTS
Managing Editor and Correspondent ...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- March 3, 2024
18 views 2 min

Letters: MWHC and Moss Free Clinic

Your February 25th Guest Editorial, Mary Washington Healthcare on the state of the region’s healthcare safety network and the Moss Free Clinic, signed by MWHC CEO Michael McDermott, MD, makes me wonder why Dr. McDermott would enlist 28 respected community members to explain away his most recent self-inflicted public relations error. These 28 unsuspecting people […]

335 POSTS
...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- March 3, 2024
21 views 6 min

Guest Editorial

Thirty years ago, business leaders and healthcare professionals envisioned an organization that would provide high-quality care to people who were locked out of the healthcare system due to lack of insurance. Over the past 30 years, the Free Clinic’s patients’ needs have become more complex, the healthcare landscape has continued to morph, and our community […]

335 POSTS
...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- February 25, 2024
17 views 7 min

Guest Editorial: Mary Washington Healthcare

Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) is committed to serving our communities, providing care to those most in need and supporting our partners to do the same. Over the past 30 years, MWHC has been honored to serve as the Moss Free Clinic’s primary supporter. When Dr. Lloyd Moss launched the clinic in the 1990’s, it served […]

335 POSTS
...
FEATURED
FXBG Advance
- February 22, 2024
23 views 29 sec

Kids’ Station to Remain Open

Mary Washington Healthcare will extend center’s lease and work with KinderCare to find a new facility. by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Kids’ Station, the KinderCare-operated daycare and preschool on the campus of Mary Washington Healthcare, will remain open, according to an email that was sent to families Wednesday afternoon. “We are pleased to share […]

310 POSTS
Managing Editor and Correspondent ...