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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Uninsured Flood Virginia ERs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Last year, Virginia emergency departments saw an 8% increase in uninsured patients amidst federal policy shifts...U.S. sets a new record for cyclosporiasis cases as Virginia cases slowly creep up...Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists' Dr. David Gilligan to retire July 31...What should you know about the Galleri cancer detection test?...A VDH mistake costs HIV patients and clinics dearly...Virginia women being charged for preventative breast cancer services despite new law...Congress seeks to tackle Medicare physician pay...Petersburg pharmaceutical manufacturing hub prepares for 100% collaborative operations...A Senate bid to kill the WISeR model is extinguished by Republicans...A new cholesterol treatment could be a gamechanger for high LDL patients...It's official: 2026 measles cases have left 2025's in the dust...CDC director nominee faces intense interrogations at hearing...Richmond's worse wildfire smoke day yet...President Trump plans steep tariff on imported generics...Futures betting app Kalshi takes on the FDA...And much, much more in this week's edition of <strong><em><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260722_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></em></strong>!<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beware: Ransomware Rising</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hackers are targeting healthcare businesses more now than in late 2025...Medicare physician pay is set to be reduced according to CMS' latest proposed rule...VCU Health's CEO Dr. Marlon Levy nets a four-year contract extension...The ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak fueling paranoia across the U.S. may have originated in lettuce...HHS backtracks, indicating it will not cut off federal funding to hospitals offering gender-affirming care for minors...How the newly-passed marijuana retail market bill nearly made weed legal for kids...More big premium hikes may be on the Affordable Care Act marketplace's horizon...Department of Education temporarily relents, adds nurses and PAs to list of professional degrees...Vermont sets a framework for private equity to coexist with healthcare without undue influence...A vaccine injury table for COVID-19 shots is planned for November release...A second American aid worker falls ill with Ebola in the Congo as the situation on the ground continues to worsen...Fraud busting has produced a windfall of savings for HHS...How cash balance plans help you with your retirement savings...The last U.S. iron lung patient dies...And much, much more in this week's edition of <em><strong><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260715_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></strong></em>!<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lizzie Borden Took a Vax...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A mother who claims her twins died from vaccinations has been charged with murder...Dr. Patricia Sime honored by MCV Foundation...Richmond and Henrico Health Districts have a new health director...200K Virginia Obamacare beneficiaries will receive state funding to support keeping their insurance...Why do nonprofit health systems and private equity team up?...Richmond breast surgeon surrenders her license amidst medical malpractice lawsuits...Cyclospora is wreaking havoc in many states...Nonprofit and 340B hospitals face lower reimbursements and more regulations...Virginia measles cases reach 167...West Nile virus is having a breakout year...Ebola continues to outpace containment efforts...Who knew? A TB vaccine may help ward off Alzheimer's...Synthetic kratom prepares for its swan song...Do docs prefer open offices or private ones?...Synthetic cells created for the first time...And much, much more in this week's edition of <strong><em><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260708_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></em></strong>!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2026 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Central Virginia Hospital to Close Its Doors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Century-old Centra Health Virginia Baptist in Lynchburg will shutter in 2028...Three longtime local physicians retiring...New student loan rules affecting PAs and nurses have been blocked in court...Virginia now has a two-year budget, and VCU is set for funding on two projects...National healthcare spending will rocket to $9 trillion within eight years...A dangerous heat wave has begun in Virginia and will last through the holiday weekend...Virginia joins half of U.S. states in a legal challenge against new Medicaid work requirements...Elevance Health bows to CMS pressure and sends in a historic overpayment remittance...340B reform is front and center in Congress...Buckingham County's measles outbreak spreads to Cumberland...Weedkiller Roundup lawsuits have been stymied by a Supreme Court ruling...Ebola situation in Africa worsens...A new ACIP framework...End-of-life care discussions to be pushed by Medicare...New vaccines and antibiotics are on the horizon with AI...And much, much more in this week's edition of <strong><em><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260701_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></em></strong>!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>$6.5 Billion Healthcare Fraud</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The FBI stings over 450, including 90 health professionals, in a government healthcare program fraud operation worth $6.5 billion...Dr. Nikisha Richards-Walker becomes the namesake of a new MCV Foundation endowment dedicated to oculoplastic surgery...Two months after flu shots became optional for U.S. servicemembers, the flu is rampaging through a major Air Force base...Buckingham County's measles outbreak continues to sew concern as another NoVa exposure is logged at Dulles...GLP-1s for weight loss will be available at a $50 monthly copay for Medicare Part D beneficiaries beginning in July...Clinical trials could become quicker as the feds make plans to catch up to China in the biomedical arena...SNAP beneficiaries with a sweet tooth win big as a federal judge strikes down state programs' bans on sugary purchases...The world's first mRNA flu shot is endorsed by an FDA panel; will it survive the rest of the approval process?...Virginia is on the cusp of a two-year budget, but the General Assembly has amendments from Gov. Spanberger to evaluate...The hantavirus cruise ship chapter ends in the U.S. as all passengers complete quarantine with no new cases...A blocked COVID vaccine study is published, among other government healthcare happenings in DC...Ebola continues to escalate in Congo, although this strain may be milder than previous ones...Patient portal messages have increased nearly threefold over five years...When our body's first line of defense against pathogens is the building we're in...And much, much more in this week's edition of <em><strong><a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/legup3/legup4/20260624_leg.up.pdf">The Leg.Up</a></strong></em>!<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When will COVID-19 peak in Virginia?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[While the virus is expected to reach its U.S. peak in the next couple of weeks, Virginia may not reach its most critical point until late May. That gives us more time to prepare - but more time to run out of supplies. What do physicians need to know?<a href="https://www.ramdocs.org/resource/resmgr/leg_up/legup2/20200401_legup.pdf"> It’s all in The Leg.Up</a>!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2020 16:47:40 GMT</pubDate>
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