The N.C. Supreme Court will not take up a case that aimed to clarify rules for North Carolinians challenging government agency decisions. A court order issued Wednesday denied a petition to hear the case. It involved a certificate-of-need dispute with state health regulators.
The N.C. Supreme Court issued orders Monday allowing attorneys from both the ACLU and Institute for Justice to file briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight against the state’s top health official. State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley is urging the high court to reverse the state Court of Appeals. A unanimous appellate panel ruled in August 2022 that speedway owners could pursue a lawsuit against Kinsley over a forced shutdown in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law in court hopes the N.C. Supreme Court’s decision in another case will help his cause. Dr. Jay Singleton is focusing on the high court's decision to take up a lawsuit involving Ace Speedway.
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper signed the Medicaid Expansion bill Monday afternoon outside the Governor’s Mansion.
North Carolina is about to become the 40th state to expand its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. The bill drew huge, bipartisan majorities of legislators. Republican leaders resisted expansion for years, arguing that the promise of permanent 90% funding from Washington was either implausible or fiscally irresponsible. They no longer feel that way....
Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled his plan Wednesday that will put $1 billion into addressing North Carolina’s mental health and substance use crisis. His budget proposal will be released in the coming days and will include the investments detailed in the Mental Health Plan.
N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell discussed hospital acquisitions, Medicaid expansion, certificate of need, and a new senate bill focusing on bond referendum transparency Tuesday at his monthly “Ask Me Anything” conference call with reporters.
The state has given WakeMed preliminary approval to build a new hospital in Garner and a new mental health hospital in Knightdale. The state also approved adding beds to both Duke Raleigh and UNC Rex hospitals.
Fayetteville's Dr. Dickson Schaefer is working as hard as he can, but his Cumberland County waiting room keeps filling back up. He’s an orthopedic surgeon treating a large Medicaid population in one of the state’s hardest-hit areas for doctor shortages. He sees about 100 patients a week and performs 750 surgeries a year.
A vote for Senate Bill 48 could end ongoing legal disputes about a regulation that stifles health care competition.
According to the latest-available set of comparable data, North Carolina ranks 33rd in the nation in “deaths of despair” — that is, in the combined rates of suicides, fatal drug overdoses, and alcohol-induced deaths. In 2020 our age-adjusted rate was 55.5 deaths of despair per 100,000 residents, slightly higher than the national average of 54.8....
