Author: Staff

The Biden administration has begun approving state requests for Medicaid to cover groceries and nutritional counseling, according to a Feb. 12 report from The Wall Street Journal.

Here are 10 physicians stepping into leadership roles Becker's has reported on since Feb. 7:

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health has partnered with emergency medical services agencies and community healthcare organizations to establish a program expanding healthcare services in seven counties in Central Virginia.

South Carolina-based Prisma Health has established a $3 million endowment to go towards an endowed chair position in molecular oncology research, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Greenville Journal.

Dahlia Philips, MD, has been named medical director of the partnership in care special needs plan for MetroPlusHealth, a health insurer that is part of New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle sided with the Texas Medical Association that parts of the independent dispute resolution in the surprise billing final rule are in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Mississippi physician Scott Nelson, MD, has received a five-year sentence for healthcare fraud in the state's Delta region, according to a Feb. 9 report from the Greenwich Time.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health has received $1.5 million from the Golden LEAF Foundation to increase access to rural medicine in Pender County.

Janise Whitesell, MD, has become the first elected female chief of medical staff in the history of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System.

Samuel Johnson, MD, has been appointed chair of radiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.