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The One-Year Mark of COVID-19: A Thank You

The Medical Society of Virginia would like to thank healthcare heroes for working tirelessly during a year of COVID-19. This past year has been difficult for communities across the world. We have lost many lives due to COVID-19 and have spent a year in isolation away from family and friends. This past year has been […]

Write to your Senator to Thank Them for The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act!

The impact of COVID-19 on America’s healthcare workforce has increased burnout to historic levels. Many clinicians need mental health support – but they fear getting it could end their careers. That’s what happened to Dr. Lorna Breen, a courageous emergency physician who fought to save so many from COVID-19. Broken-hearted, she sought mental health support. […]

Report: Changes in Medicare Physician Spending During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The new report Changes in Medicare Physician Spending During the COVID-19 Pandemic analyzed Medicare claims data exclusive to physician services and found spending dropped as much as 57% below expected pre-pandemic levels in April of 2020. Medicare spending on physician services partially recovered from the April low, but was still 12% less than expected by the […]

SafeHaven™ Volunteer Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Terri Babineau, speaks with WebMD’s Chief Medical Officer

WebMD Chief Medical Officer and MSV member, Dr. John Whyte, speaks with SafeHaven™’s volunteer Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Teresa Babineau, and Corey Feist, co-founder of The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation and CEO of the UVA Physicians Group, in WebMD’s latest Coronavirus in Context video series. In this video they discuss physician burnout, the increase […]

Approved by Governor: HB 1913 Career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; programs to address, civil immunity

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED: Programs to address career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; civil immunity; emergency. Expands civil immunity for health care professionals serving as members of or consultants to entities that function primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations related to health care services to include health care professionals serving as members of […]

Centra Medical Group (CMG) First in the Nation to Offer its Physicians and PAs the SafeHaven™ Program

CMG completes trial and fully launches unique program supported by MSV and VITAL WorkLife. To support the needs of physicians and PAs struggling with stress, burnout and the effects of COVID-19, the Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) launched the clinician well being program, SafeHaven™. SafeHaven™ was created by the passage of the Virginia legislation, which […]

Medical Society of Virginia Foundation Recognizes Six Outstanding Physicians

Richmond, Va. (Jan. 25, 2021) –The Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) Foundation announced the winners of their annual Salute to Service Awards. Six Virginia physicians are being recognized from across the Commonwealth for their outstanding service in six categories: Service to — the Profession, the Uninsured and Underinsured, the International Community, Advancing Patient Safety and […]

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