Costs Watched as Medicaid Managed Care Begins in N. Carolina
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON After six years of preparations and delays, most of North Carolina’s...
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Medicaid
Financial Incentive for More Medicaid Draws Mixed Reaction
A financial carrot for North Carolina to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands low-income...
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Cooper on Election Results: ‘There Is a Lot of Status Quo’
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said in a news conference on Thursday that he will continue to push...
Read MoreN. Carolina Medicaid Bill Delays Managed Care Until Mid-2021
North Carolina’s Medicaid program wouldn’t shift most of its patients to managed care for another year under a funding measure given tentative approval on Tuesday by the state Senate. The July 1, 2021, start date is contained in...
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State Budget Impasse Looms Large Over UNC System Board Meeting
The continued budget standoff in the North Carolina legislature loomed large at the UNC...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Medicaid Expansion Advocates ‘Mad’ as Bill Idles
North Carolina remains among the dozen or so states that haven’t agreed to expand Medicaid to more of the working poor amid a lingering budget stalemate and continued skepticism among top Senate Republicans about the idea. The...
Read MoreBudget Stalemate Causes Delays in NC Medicaid Managed Care
North Carolina’s Medicaid program won’t shift to managed-care benefits as scheduled early next year, the largest casualty to date of the months-long budget stalemate between Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and Republican...
Read MoreGovernor Vetoes Teacher Pay Bills, Seeks Higher Raises
North Carolina’s governor vetoed bills that increase teacher pay, describing the increases as “paltry” and asking Republican legislators to work with him for higher salaries for teachers. The state...
Read MoreSkepticism Grows on Medicaid Overhaul Rollout for February
Skepticism grew on Wednesday that a massive change in administering North Carolina Medicaid’s program will start as scheduled early next year as a state budget stalemate continues and doctors and hospitals worry whether...
Read MoreNC Medicaid Overhaul Schedule Altered by Budget Impasse
A portion of North Carolina’s Medicaid population won’t shift to managed care coverage this fall due to the extended state budget stalemate, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Tuesday. Managed...
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