After little action for nearly five years, one of the region’s largest hospital systems is ready to move forward on initial steps toward reviving a prime, but dormant, West End property.
Bon Secours unveils plans for Westhampton campus
Health care
Mallory, Bernard’s new firm gets $2M injection
A fledgling blood testing venture run by two high profile local business executives got a seven-figure shot in the arm this month.
Firm adding to Goochland healthcare wave
A multi-state nonprofit that constructs and operates a number of memory care and senior living facilities along the East Coast, is seeking up to $15 million in revenue bonds to construct a nearly 35,000-square-foot facility in Goochland’s growing West Creek Business Park.
OrthoVirginia seals another merger
OrthoVirginia, a local practice with nearly two dozen locations around the state, announced last week it has merged with Richmond-based Advanced Orthopaedics.
Covenant Woods granted $34 million bond financing
A massive expansion planned for a large-scale retirement community in Mechanicsville is moving forward with the help of tens of millions of dollars in bond financing from Hanover County. The Hanover County Board of Supervisors voted 6-0 Wednesday evening to grant Covenant Woods $34 million in bond financing to help fund dozens of new units… Read more »
Anthem, Patient First bury the hatchet
A months-long impasse between a local urgent care chain and the state’s largest health insurer has been resolved. Glen Allen-based Patient First announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement to once again accept new patients insured by Anthem, bringing an end to a dispute over reimbursement rates. The agreement, which became effective Tuesday, allows new… Read more »
VCU, Sheltering Arms strike deal for future rehab hospital
Two of Richmond’s largest healthcare players are joining forces with a plan to build a new hospital somewhere in the region. VCU Health and Sheltering Arms Hospital on Monday announced an agreement to formally explore the construction of a facility that would provide inpatient rehabilitation care. The plan is in its early stages and the… Read more »
Bon Secours taps new statewide head
A giant of the Richmond medical market has a new top boss. Bon Secours on Monday named Toni Ardabell as the new CEO of Bon Secours Virginia, a territory that includes eight hospitals in Richmond and Hampton Roads. Her new position, which will begin May 1, fills a spot left vacant by Peter Bernard, who… Read more »
Bon Secours breaks ground on East End Parsley’s project
A café and kitchen is set to rise at the site of the former Parsley’s gas station as another Bon Secours East End redevelopment project gets underway. The healthcare giant’s Parsley’s Center for Healthy Communities is planned to open in September at 2600 Nine Mile Road. Plans call for a 3,250-square-foot building that will house… Read more »
Henrico hospice operation office up for grabs
An Alabama-based hospice company has made the first bid to take over a bankrupt competitor with offices in Richmond. Hospice Partners of America made a $5.5 million bid for the Virginia and Texas assets of Florida-based American Hospice Management Holdings LLC. Included in the deal is Hospice of Virginia’s 76-person office at 1700 Bayberry Court… Read more »