PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: Highmark Inc.'s True Performance value-based reimbursement program for Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) has achieved more than $4 billion in avoided cost savings in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia since 2017 due to better health management. Avoided costs are realized when inpatient hospital admissions and Emergency Department (ED) visits for members seeing True Performance PCPs  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 5 -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued the following news release: LOGAN, W.Va. - Seventh Judicial Circuit (Logan County) Chief Judge Joshua Butcher has appointed Burley E. Ferrell to serve as a Logan County magistrate beginning January 2, 2025. Judge Butcher made the appointment on December 2. Mr. Ferrell will replace Magistrate Dwight Williamson, who resigned effective December 31, the end of his current term. Magistrate Williamson was re-elec more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 4 -- The West Virginia Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Travel on the West Virginia Turnpike exceeded expectations during Thanksgiving week, the West Virginia Parkways Authority announced. The estimated number of transactions on the Turnpike was 715,000. The actual number of total transactions was 754,405. The heaviest travel days were Wednesday, November 27, 2024, with 160,934 transactions, and Sunday, December 1, 2024, with 257, more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Dec. 5 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: A new program called Neighborhood Nurse will launch in January 2025, offering a Saturday clinic and a nursing hotline. This initiative is a collaboration between Faith Community Nursing (FCN) and Compassion Central. Cathy Boyle, a registered nurse who completed Faith Community Nursing training through WVU School of Nursing, is heading this program at Compassio more PR