What To Know About Your 2025 FSA Funds

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If you participated in our healthcare or dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) last year, you have until Sunday, March 15, 2026, to spend 2025 unused FSA funds.

You have until Tuesday, March 31, 2026 to submit claims that incurred on or before March 15, 2026.

Optum Financial will use remaining funds from 2025 before using 2026 funds, so you can spend your unused 2025 balance before you have to tap into your 2026 funds.

If you don't know your balance on 2025 funds, create an online account to view it:

New Community Grant Cycle Launches This Spring

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We are committed to improving the health of the communities we serve by addressing key health needs identified through our triennial Community Health Assessments (CHAs). One of the many ways we fulfill this commitment is through targeted grants to nonprofit organizations across our region that share our mission.

Our Electronics Recycling Event is Saturday, March 28

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When: Saturday, March 28, 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.  

Where: 2823 Franklin Road SW, Roanoke, VA 24014 

Don’t toss it – recycle it! Drop off your old computers, tablets, phones, power cables, or other unused electronics at our drive-through recycling event. We provide a safe and secure way to dispose of your unused electronics.   

Elsevier Clinical Skills—Resources You Don't Want to Miss

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Since October, Elsevier Clinical Skills has been the space where all validation assignments are made for clinical team members. These assignments need to be completed during orientation and annually. If you have not yet logged in to your Elsevier account on Inside Carilion, this job aid can help you. 

USB Drives are Risky—Here's What to Use Instead

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Connecting an unapproved USB device to a Carilion workstation can put your information at risk—as well as your coworkers' information, patient information, and Carilion's network and technology system. That's why we have a policy about these devices and offer alternatives when you need to share files.

An Interview with Dr. Louis Ripley—Part 2: From Segregation to Service for All

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Dr. Nathaniel L. Bishop, former Carilion chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, interviewed Dr. Louis Ripley, a retired orthopaedic surgeon in February 2005. Dr. Ripley was raised in Roanoke and returned to open a surgical practice following training and serving in the US Navy during World War II. He regularly saw patients at Burrell Memorial Hospital and had first-hand awareness of Burrell’s role in the community during segregation. Here are excerpts from Dr. Bishop's interview.  

Part 1: From Segregation to Service for All—The Impact of Roanoke’s Early Orthopaedic Surgeons

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The history of Orthopaedic Surgery at Carilion is a testament to determination, progress, and the pursuit of equitable healthcare that began with a small group of visionary surgeons. 

In 1940, there were only 23 orthopaedic surgeons in the entire state, and none were west of Roanoke. Into this void, stepped physicians whose names and contributions would become foundational: Roy M. Hoover and Heywood Wescott (1940), Louis P. Ripley (1948), Charles B. Bray (1950), and Phillip Trout (1951).

Carilion Establishes Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine

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In partnership with Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Southwest Virginia, the Carilion Clinic Foundation today announced Carilion’s first endowed chair. 

Funded through a $1 million endowment from CMN, the CMN Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine honors Chair of Pediatrics Dr. Andrew Herman for his leadership and contributions in pediatric care at Carilion Clinic.

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