North Carolina’s cuts to Medicaid provider payments worry Cape Fear Valley Health
North Carolina cut Medicaid provider reimbursement rates by 3% to 10% at the start of this month, and they threaten billions in revenue for Cape Fear Valley Health.
Possible federal cuts to HIV program worry patients and medical providers in NC
Cumberland County in 2023 had the second-highest HIV rate of newly detected HIV transmissions among North Carolina’s 100 counties.
‘These are deep cuts:’ Cumberland County DSS reacts to proposed changes to Medicaid, SNAP
The House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last week, and the Medicaid and SNAP work requirements and federal funding cuts it proposes have Cumberland County Department of Social Services officials worried.
Rep. Richard Hudson shrugs off DOGE concerns in town hall
Weeks after encouraging fellow GOP representatives to avoid face-to-face meetings with constituents enraged by the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to the federal government, Rep. Richard Hudson employed the strategy himself at a tele-town hall on Tuesday.
Cumberland County DSS preparing for Medicaid Expansion
The Cumberland County Department of Social Services (DSS) is preparing for the launch of North Carolina’s Medicaid Expansion on Dec. 1, 2023. An estimated 35,000 citizens in Cumberland …
N.C. lawmakers give authority over the state’s mental health care system to DHHS secretary and hope for better outcomes
North Carolina’s six local behavioral health management companies — known as LME-MCOs — will see some significant restructuring soon.
State health leaders announce plan to speed up Medicaid expansion
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services hopes to accelerate the launch of Medicaid expansion, potentially giving more than 600,000 low-income residents access to health insurance coverage as early as Oct. 1.
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State officials delay rollout of specialty Medicaid plans — again
The repeatedly delayed rollout of specialized health care plans for tens of thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries — those with complex, often behavioral health needs — has been postponed indefinitely, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
Medicaid expansion bill glides through committees in state House of Representatives
RALEIGH — Legislative committee hearings often are sleepy affairs, attended by lawmakers, lobbyists and the occasional person interested in the intricacies of government. That was not the case last week on the sixth floor of the legislative office building. The size and excitement of the crowd looked more like someone had a small stash of…