A Richmond public housing tenant says her daughter’s discharge from the hospital is stuck in limbo due to the housing authority denying her request for a reasonable accommodation. WTVR CBS 6 Richmond wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Virginia’s healthcare facility inspectors lack adequate training, skills, & standardized processes to guide their duties. The state office managing these oversight activities is “not running properly” in nearly every aspect, an internal report says. @cbs6 wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Governor Glen Youngkin has issued an executive order aimed at strengthening oversight of Virginia’s nursing homes. The action aims to overhaul the state’s troubled licensing & inspection office — and will create an advisory board. WTVR CBS 6 Richmond wtvr.com/news/local-new…

The state's highest ranking health officials said change is coming to protect some of Virginia's most vulnerable people — nursing home residents. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Virginia’s worst-performing nursing home has been making “exceptionally huge” rent payments to a related-party company — another LLC under the same ownership, according to financial records. Here’s how an expert says that impacts quality of care. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

To break it down - the blue represents the rent increase the facility’s company essentially charged itself. That money goes back to the same owners. The green represents the fair rental value as determined by Medicaid. An expert says anything above actual costs may be profit.

Richmond wanted to charge WTVR CBS 6 Richmond $700 to provide a new report that was produced in the aftermath of the May boil water advisory. The state gave it for free. Here’s what it shows: wtvr.com/news/local-new…

A Henrico nursing home resident is calling for accountability after he says maggots infested his wound at the facility. Multiple agencies including APS, police, and the CA’s office are now investigating.

Some residents in Prince George County said they didn't receive mail for nearly a full week, and according to the United States Postal Service (USPS), staffing issues were at the root of the problem. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Injuries, falls and neglect: This Virginia nursing home is now at risk of shutting down after the federal government took “extremely rare” action. The facility’s operational control is connected to others throughout RVA with serious quality issues. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

A multi-day hearing has begun in Richmond to determine whether Dominion Energy can raise customers' electric bills. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Nursing homes are suing the state over its alleged failure to give facilities increased Medicaid payments meant for direct care. The Youngkin admin doesn’t plan to hand over the money, pointing to worsening quality of care despite past funding boosts. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Virginia Medicaid awarded the state’s worst-rated nursing homes millions of dollars in bonus payments - through a program meant to reward quality. Critics say the program is simply handing out extra cash while “not making a difference” in improving care. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

A group established by the governor to figure out how to make Virginia's nursing homes better came together as one body for the first time on Monday. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

A Virginia nursing home — with operational ties to other troubled facilities in RVA including Colonial Heights and Henrico — is closing due to extreme enforcement action & regulatory violations, per a letter we obtained.

Virginia Medicaid says “it is clear” that changes need to be made to its program that doles out extra cash to nursing homes based on quality standards. This follows our reporting showing the worst-rated facilities in the state got millions in bonus rewards.

A Richmond Councilmember is pushing “radical transparency” measures in City Hall, citing government mistrust. The proposal is being met with some pushback from the administration. WTVR CBS 6 Richmond wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Federal judges grilled Chesterfield over the deadly police shooting of Charles Byers. “Common sense would be you don't shoot a person in the back after you've shot three times & then they're turning around, literally dying, & you shoot him again…” Story: wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Virginia Medicaid has been reporting “obscene” levels of overspending on prescription drugs over the past several years. “This has been happening since 2019, so this is really alarming, and right now, the taxpayers deserve answers.”

Critical benefits for low-income mothers and children in Virginia could be “interrupted” amid the government shutdown, the governor said today. “This is stressful for people,” said one woman who relies on federal assistance for food.