For Immediate Release: September 29, 2026
DMAS Media Contact: Kedra Keith Kedra.keith@dmas.virginia.gov and Kylee Toland Kylee.Toland@dmas.virginia.gov
VDH Media Contact: Logan Anderson, Logan.Anderson@vdh.virginia.gov
Nursing Home Oversight Advisory Panel Meeting September 30
RICHMOND, Va. – Members of accredited media are invited to attend an informative meeting on the Commonwealth’s Nursing Home Oversight Plan and newly enacted nursing home administrative sanctions guidance.
Media outlets that wish to attend need to RSVP to Logan.Anderson@vdh.virginia.gov.
WHO:
The Honorable Marvin Figueroa, Secretary of Health and Human Resources
Steve Ford, Co-Chair, Director, Department of Medical Services (DMAS)
Dr. Cameron Webb, Co-Chair, State Health Commissioner, Virginia Department of Health (VDH)
WHAT:
The Nursing Home Oversight Advisory Panel
The focus of the public meeting is nursing home quality improvement and regulatory enforcement. It will include presentations by three nursing home industry associations about their role in quality improvement, followed by a panel discussion.
Secretary Figueroa, Dr. Webb, and VDH’s Office of Licensure and Certification Director, April Dovel, will be available to the media following the meeting.
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 30, 1 PM
WHERE:
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
8850 Times Dispatch Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Media RSVP:
Logan Anderson
Virginia Department of Health
Logan.Anderson@vdh.virginia.gov