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WEB1 day ago · 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 …
Answers to questions about Medicaid expansion - NC Health News
WEBDec 1, 2023 · By Jaymie Baxley. Medicaid expansion finally launched Friday in North Carolina, giving an estimated 600,000 low-income residents across the state access to health insurance.
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
WEBAug 10, 2021 · By Elizabeth Thompson. As cities in some states, such as New York and California, start to require proof of vaccine to enter public spaces like restaurants and gyms, North Carolina has made no indication that such proof will be required here just yet.
LGBTQ mental health support went online for youth - NC Health …
WEBJun 15, 2021 · By Elizabeth Thompson. When the Wake County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the LGBT Center of Raleigh created mental health support groups for LGBTQ people struggling with mental illness, they didn’t expect to garner membership from across the country.
Medical marijuana advocates hoped for NC legalization | NC …
WEBJul 20, 2022 · By Mona Dougani. Chris Suttle planned his funeral five years ago. The commercial insurance consultant was diagnosed with a frontal lobe brain mass in 2017. Doctors left him with two choices: undergo a full craniotomy and biopsy the mass to see if it was aggressive or simply wait out his fate.
Patients, providers wait to see how Medicaid managed care goes
WEBJul 2, 2021 · With managed care these days, there’s more of a focus on delivering quality outcomes. Now, for that same patient with diabetes, the doctor might be paid a set fee for the visit, the check on the feet, the blood test and the medication teaching session.
The state of medical marijuana legalization in NC - NC Health News
WEBApr 20, 2022 · The 2018 Farm Bill, passed by the U.S. Congress makes this possible by creating a loophole companies use to sell CBD-derived products containing less than 0.3 percent THC.. Delta-8 THC has psychoactive effects similar to Delta-9 THC, and it can have intoxicating effects, or make users “high.” The FDA has not approved or evaluated Delta-8 THC products and cautions against using those ...
Atrium to combine with Wake Forest Health, med school - NC …
WEBOct 12, 2020 · By Liora Engel-Smith and Rose Hoban. On the heels of a flurry of mergers, acquisitions and shifts in North Carolina’s health care environment in recent months, two large systems have announced Friday their intent to more closely affiliate.. The Charlotte-based Atrium Health has agreed to form a new “enterprise,” Atrium Health Inc. with the Winston-Salem based Wake Forest Baptist Medical ...
Three months into Medicaid transformation, providers say the new ...
WEBOct 19, 2021 · The transition from state run to MCO run occurred by and large to save money and provide more budget predictability. When North Carolina ran its own Medicaid program, state employees were responsible for authorizing claims and allocating the funds to pay doctor bills.
NC restores SHIIP for seniors choosing Medicare plans - NC …
WEBSep 22, 2021 · By Thomas Goldsmith. The state’s popular NC senior health insurance information program, or SHIIP, decided Monday to bring back online, state-compiled Medicare information that, until a change this year, consumers had used to choose among different Medigap plans.. It’s a reversal of a decision earlier this year when the state’s Department of Insurance, which runs SHIIP, had switched to a ...