MICHAEL MARTZ
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dr. Cynthia Southern expects the phone to ring often in her Pulaski County dental office beginning next Thursday, when Virginia expands its Medicaid program to provide a comprehensive dental benefit to poor adults.
More than 750,000 Virginians will become eligible for a benefit that the state believes will transform their health, help them land jobs and make eating a pleasure again.
âA lot of people in our area are going to use that benefit,â said Southern, whose practice in the town of Pulaski serves not only the county, but also surrounding jurisdictions in the mountains of rural Southwest Virginia. âI think itâs a pretty big problem.â
Virginia s equity and diversity team created an online dashboard highlighting equities across the state. Author: Angelo Vargas Updated: 6:57 PM EDT May 14, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Governor Ralph Northam is trying to improve equity and inclusion in Virginia.
Northam pledged progress in 2019 after an investigation into a photo showing someone in blackface on his EVMS yearbook page. The results of that investigation were inconclusive and the governor said he was not the man in the picture.
The Governor’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and the Equity Leadership Taskforce stepped up and created two new online dashboards to help strengthen equity in the community.
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Over 80 organizations attending our Virginia Conference next week Matt Beuschlein | Apr 21, 2021
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We are looking forward to seeing a few hundred of our best friends in Virginia health care and health policy next week at the 2021 Virginia State of Reform Health Policy Conference!
We get about half of our registration in the last week or so. And, since we’re in that window we, wanted to share with you the list of organizations who will be attending our event next week. It’s an impressive list and one that we’re honored to host and convene on April 29th!