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- July 15, 2024
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Mary Washington Healthcare Acquires Another Local OB-GYN Practice

Some providers from Elite Women’s Health are joining the healthcare system. A well-established local obstetrics and gynecology practice is closing its doors this week, with some providers joining Mary Washington Healthcare and others establishing a new practice that will provide gynecological care only. Patients of Elite Women’s Health received a letter dated June 17 from […]

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- July 11, 2024
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City Planning Commission Begins Consideration of Jeremiah Community

Audience at Planning Commission meeting

Project proposed by Micah Ministries, Virginia Supportive Housing, and Mary Washington Healthcare to provide housing and support for Fredericksburg’s unhoused population. Area residents, as well as nonprofit and religious leaders, filled City Council chambers Wednesday night for the first public hearing on the Jeremiah Community, a proposed planned neighborhood with wrap-around services for those experiencing […]

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- June 12, 2024
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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 […]

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- May 31, 2024
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Moss Clinic Reaches Fundraising Goal

Clinic raises $134,000 during Day of Giving this week. The Lloyd Moss Free Clinic exceeded its goal of raising $100,000 for clinic operations this week. The clinic raised $134,000 during May Day of Giving on May 28. Combined with a matching grant, the amount will allow the clinic to continue offering medical, dental, and pharmacy […]

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- May 22, 2024
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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 […]

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- May 9, 2024
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City Planning Commission Recommends Approval of Hospital Expansion Plan

Concerns about Kid’s Station remain. MWHC touts graduate education program as solution to region’s crushing shortage of physicians. The Fredericksburg Planning Commission voted 6-to-1 on Wednesday evening to recommend approval of Mary Washington Healthcare’s rezoning request. The request will next be subject to another public hearing before City Council, which will have final say into […]

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- May 2, 2024
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Mary Washington Hospital Receives ‘D’ Safety Rating from Leapfrog

It is the only hospital in Virginia to receive this rating. Mary Washington Hospital received a grade of ‘D’ in Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 hospital safety ratings, which were released this week. It is the only hospital out of 72 in Virginia to receive a grade of ‘D’ from the independent, nonprofit watchdog group. The […]

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- April 30, 2024
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Mary Washington Healthcare Exploring Controversial 340B Program

Designed to help hospitals offset expensive drug treatments, 340B has faced questions from the medical establishment over how profits from the program are used. Mary Washington Healthcare is looking to participate in a federal drug pricing program that would allow the hospital system to purchase outpatient drugs at roughly half the sales price and charge […]

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- April 25, 2024
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Snowden Plans Face Scrutiny

Proposed new general development plan for portion of Mary Washington Hospital campus, from the staff report given to the Fredericksburg Planning Commission on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Lydia Fallon, 5, had just one question for Mary Washington Healthcare during Wednesday’s public hearing on the hospital system’s recent expansion plans. “What about all the noise and dust at naptime?” she asked members of the Planning Commission. “Tell [MWHC] to wait. Thank you for hearing me.” Lydia attends Kids’ Station, the KinderCare-operated daycare center and […]

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- April 22, 2024
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Public Hearing on Mary Washington Healthcare’s Expansion Plan Scheduled

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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 […]

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