News
Batch defends profanity-laced video as House leadership calls for disciplinary action
Senate Minority Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, defended a profanity-laced video that she called "satire" during a press conference June 11.
Opinion
Cost curve bends, but not enough
Medical spending in the US as a share of gross domestic product was 15% lower than projected 14 years earlier, and indeed was only “marginally higher” than in 2010.
News
Wake commissioners question Atrium-WakeMed merger
Wake County Commissioners heard from officials from WakeMed, Atrium Health and others on the proposed merger between the two hospital systems at a work session on Monday.
News
State Health Plan raises Medicare rates, shifts provider tiers to cut costs
At their board meeting on Friday, the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted unanimously to raise rates on its Medicare Advantage plans for older workers and retirees and discussed a new tier system for providers in the state.
News
Autism therapy scrutiny grows after NYT report on NC clinics
A New York Times investigation into autism therapy clinics is adding national scrutiny to North Carolina’s ongoing debate over Medicaid spending, oversight, and new ABA therapy guardrails.
Opinion
NC House bill would ignore SCOTUS at women’s expense
HB 1120 would require pregnancy centers receiving state funding to publicize confidential financial information, staff credentials, and services provided.
Opinion
Prior authorization harms NC health care
Prior authorization allows insurance companies to delay treatment, overrule clinical judgment, and drain time from the exam room.
Opinion
Predictive risk modeling would improve Dominique Moody Safety Act
We know more than we ever have about how to identify the children most at risk. Dominique Moody’s death has given NC both the reason and the opportunity to put that knowledge to work.
News
Defibrillator plan for public schools proposed after cardiac arrest death
Two years ago, 13 North Carolina students suffered cardiac arrest while at school, one of whom died. Now, two state lawmakers want to ensure that all public schools – roughly 2,500 in total – stock defibrillators. AEDs and CPR in Public Schools, known also as House Bill 886, passed the House of Representatives 111-1 on...
Opinion
Will lawmakers fund ballooning health care or fix it?
With medical costs climbing each year, adding constant pressure to state and household budgets, it’s time to ask: Is NC simply going to keep backfilling a more expensive system, or will it make the system work better?
Opinion
NC Medicaid is improving under managed care system
More than 40 states have adopted managed Medicaid because it works. Compared to the old fee-for-service approach, managed Medicaid delivers better care coordination, stronger oversight, and more responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
Opinion
Expand options for behavioral health
Given the stakes, we can’t afford to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. There is no such thing as perfection here. There are only differences in priorities.
