MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network have joined the West Virginia University Health System (WVU Medicine) as owners of Peak Health, a West Virginia-based health insurance company formed in 2021 with the mission of making healthcare more accessible, understandable, and collaborative. Peak Health’s goal is to build an inclusive, provider-led health plan to help West Virginians live healthier and fuller lives. “Marshall Health, Mountain Health, and WVU Medicine share the common vision of creating

    CDC’s Draft Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids Now Open for Public Comment  CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is in the process of updating the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. The draft updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids is available for public comment in the Federal Register. The public comment period will be open for 60 days, through April 11, 2022. CDC encourages all patients,

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute was first institution in the United States to enroll a patient in the Route 92 Medical, Inc. SUMMIT MAX clinical trial. SUMMIT MAX is a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial to evaluate the performance of its next generation Monopoint™ Reperfusion System versus currently available aspiration catheter technology.  The trial’s first patient was enrolled at Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand, followed shortly by a patient

The following providers joined WVU Medicine in January: Morgantown, WV ANESTHESIOLOGY Claire Bentley, MD, is an anesthesiologist at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. She completed an anesthesiology residency and a regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine fellowship at WVU. Jacqueline Everly, FNP-C, is a nurse practitioner at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management. She most recently practiced at WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital, and prior to that was a registered nurse at

AHRQ has updated its vaccine tracking and reporting tools for nursing homes. These free resources include updated vaccine administration records for both residents and staff, a vaccination tracking tool, and a user guide with step-by-step instructions for using the tracking tool. These tools make it easier for staff to update the facility’s electronic medical records, respond to potential vaccine data requests from local health departments or other regulatory agencies, and