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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Atrium Health cancels thousands of past medical debt judgments. By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Atrium Health announced Thursday, Sept. 19, that it is wiping out all existing judgments and liens against patients for unpaid medical bills, offering relief to scores of North Carolinians who have been sued by the hospital system.
'Tailored’ Medicaid plans launching in North Carolina - North …
WEBJun 18, 2024 · Tailored plans are part of the Medicaid “ transformation ” that North Carolina started in 2021. That year, the state changed its delivery system for Medicaid services. Providers who had been reimbursed directly for services by the state now receive care paid for by commercial insurers, who are paid a fixed, per-member, per-month rate to ...
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
WEBAug 10, 2021 · Here’s how to access the verification if you got vaccinated at a local health department, at a mass vaccination site that was run by the state’s DHHS. Step One: Go to the NCDHHS COVID-19 Vaccine Portal. The vaccine portal can be accessed at: https://covid-vaccine-portal.ncdhhs.gov. Step Two: Sign in using your login information.
Changes needed to fix NC's mental health crisis | NC Health News
WEBAug 23, 2022 · Big changes are needed to turn the tide of North Carolina’s mental health crisis, health leaders say. For North Carolinians to have affordable access to readily available mental health services, health leaders say a cascade of changes need to take place from Medicaid expansion to higher reimbursement …
A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that over the last year, the crisis grew even worse. More than 100,000 people across the country died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. Over that period, the nationwide overdose death rate rose 27 percent. In North Carolina, it grew by 37 percent.
NC Medicaid is moving to managed care - NC Health News
WEBMay 7, 2021 · By Liora Engel-Smith. North Carolina’s Medicaid program is shifting roughly two-thirds of its enrollees into managed care this summer, starting on July 1. In the process, thousands of enrollees — some of whom have never had to choose health insurance or a network — were thrust into a process that many have found difficult and confusing.
Communities to get relief from water, sewer woes. Is money …
WEBSep 23, 2021 · North Carolina is slated to receive $5.7 billion in ARP funding. State Senate and House budget proposals call for spending $1.58 billion of that money on water and sewer infrastructure projects. The money will provide huge relief to many municipalities, said Shadi Eskaf, the Division of Water Infrastructure’s new director.
Changing the Approach to Care at Broughton Hospital
WEBSep 9, 2015 · Catherine Upchurch, head of risk management at Broughton Hospital, has made changing the facility’s approach to treatment her priority. Photo courtesy Catherine Upchurch. “There just continues to be more and more evidence of how effective recovery-oriented care services are,” Upchurch said. “They reduce recidivism, shorten length of ...
The state of medical marijuana legalization in NC - NC Health News
WEBApr 20, 2022 · The SurveyUSA poll found that 72 percent of North Carolinians supported medical marijuana legalization. Support for medical marijuana is high across the political spectrum. The poll found that 64 percent of registered Republicans, 75 percent of registered Democrats and 78 percent of unaffiliated voters supported legalization.
Medical marijuana legislation could put NC in the green - NC …
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Medical marijuana is legal in 36 states and Washington, D.C., and recreational marijuana is legal in 18, according to Insider, putting North Carolina in the minority of states where weed is not legal in any capacity, even as its northern neighbor, Virginia made plans to legalize up to an ounce of recreational marijuana in three years.