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Top NC court rejects case that could block Weaverville hospital
The North Carolina Supreme Court has decided not to take a case that could have blocked a new hospital in Weaverville.
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UNC, Duke settlement leads to 102-bed hospital in southern Durham County
A recent legal settlement between two of the Triangle’s major healthcare providers will lead to a new 102-bed hospital in southern Durham County by 2032. That’s according to a joint statement Friday from UNC Health and Duke Health.
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UNC, DHHS hope top state court will put new Durham hospital back on track
University of North Carolina Health Care and the state Department of Health and Human Services hope the state’s highest court will end legal roadblocks for UNC Health's proposed 40-bed hospital in Research Triangle Park. An appeal filed Tuesday spells out their case.
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Federal judge blocks two pieces of new NC abortion law
A federal judge has issued an injunction against two pieces of North Carolina’s new abortion law. One would require doctors to document a pregnancy’s intrauterine location before administering abortion drugs. The other would require hospitalization for all abortions performed after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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NC hospitals debt collection practices targeted in new report
A new report from Duke University School of Law researchers and the state treasurer’s office reveals the ways that medical debt collection practices by North Carolina hospitals are harming residents.
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Folwell calls out hospitals for ignoring price transparency law
Editor’s note: The number of hospitals included in the Patient Rights Advocate study has been changed, based on updated information from the Office of the State Treasurer. State Treasurer Dale Folwell is raising concerns about hospitals’ compliance with federal price transparency laws. Folwell highlights new research that “directly counters” competing claims about price transparency from...
Opinion
An Unnecessary Legal Surgery
Public hospitals want to maximize the benefits of government ownership and minimize its costs. That may be rational from their perspective, but it would be irrational to comply.
Opinion
The Hospital Fight
North Carolina officials are right to build a new, more efficient psychiatric hospital -- but wrong to let politics or economic development concerns guide its location.
