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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recent moves by Mary Washington Healthcare, coupled with generous executive salaries, raises important questions. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Last week’s announcement that talks between Mary Washington Healthcare and the Lloyd Moss Free Clinic had broken down represents not just a failure to care for those in our community who don’t have access to adequate—or any—health insurance. […]
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 […]
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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