February 19, 2025 – The Program office is closed due to inclement weather and a continued state of emergency across Central Virginia.

February 12, 2025 – Due to inclement weather, icy roads and rolling power outages, the Program office is closed. We expect to re-open at 8a on February 13, 2025.

February 11, 2025 – Due to the inclement weather and Govenor Younkin’s February 11th Declaration of the State of Emergency, and an effort to board members, Program staff, claimants’ families/caregivers, and the public safe, the scheduled February 11, 2025 board meeting and investment committee meeting are cancelled. The Program office is closed given Chesterfield and local government office closures and to ensure that the Program staff stay safe, too.

February 10, 2025 – Processing Updates

1. Claims via BPA area being processed as expeditiously as possible.
2. Coming soon – A list of vendors/suppliers!
3. Appeal for a denied claim? Go to Program Handbook for instruction.

January 1, 2025 – 2025 Physician Forms Now Available – click here

Welcome

Welcome to the website of one of the most innovative programs in the nation. Designed to assure access to obstetrical services for all Commonwealth of Virginia residents, the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program also has distinguished itself by assuring superior care for admitted children.

A Lifetime Of Care

Every year, birth-related neurological injuries happen. The Birth-Injury Program helps families care for these children over their lifetime.

The Program covers what insurance and other programs don’t — medically necessary expenses such as medical expenses, hospital expenses, rehabilitation expenses, in-home nursing care and much more. In fact, an extensive Virginia General Assembly Joint Legislative and Review Commission (JLARC) study conducted in 2002 states:

In addition to serving more birth-injured children than the tort system, the program provides benefits that exceed the medical malpractice cap for the typical child. (JLARC Review, Page 45)