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The Ellen Shaw de Paredes Breast Cancer Foundation has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The foundation hopes to shift focus to breast cancer early detection and screening.  

Unsecured creditors for Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. are asking a bankruptcy judge to let them conduct an inquiry into how the company ended up in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Details from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.  

Medical offices are switching from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 medical codes, with eight times the number of possibilities. The News & Advance reports doctors question patient benefits.  

The University of Virginia Health System plans to open an orthopedic clinic at UVa Culpeper Hospital this fall, reports the Culpeper Star-Exponent.  

A reconstituted state Board of Health voted yesterday to drop regulations that required abortion clinics to retroactively meet hospital construction standards. Details from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.  

The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association says hospitals are getting pinched by government regulation and cutbacks could follow. Details from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.  

A bankruptcy judge yesterday approved the sale of Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. to a Texas competitor for $37.1 million, reports the Richmond Times Dispatch.  

Centra is debuting a new psychiatric emergency center in Lynchburg, reports The News & Advance.  

Richmond-based Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. says a Texas startup was the successful bidder in a bankruptcy-court supervised auction of HDL’s assets. Details from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.    

A $20 million Bon Secours cancer institute will open next year in Suffolk, reports Virginia Business.