A Senate panel passed legislation Thursday to accelerate mental health Medicaid reform and free up nearly $1 billion in frozen assets to provide more behavioral health services. Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, a co-chairman of the Senate Health Care Committee, presented an amended version of House Bill 403 that…
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper made two more appointments Friday and said he’s talking with legislative leaders in an effort to ease the confirmation process. Cabinet appointments are subject to Senate confirmation, says a provision in the state constitution. Cooper has filed a lawsuit challenging that part of a…
A senior state lawmaker who heads a committee overseeing the state Medicaid program says a newly released audit outlining systemic management mistakes gives an additional reason to oppose Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposal to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. State Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, co-chairs a…
By claiming unilateral authority to expand Medicaid, Gov. Cooper destroyed the political narrative he and his progressive enablers in the media had created after the 2016 election.
The leaders of the General Assembly have sent a letter to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opposing the governor’s plan to expand Medicaid. Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, sent the letter in response to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposal to…
The state’s Medicaid program is not detecting or preventing waste, fraud, and abuse due to lack of staff, bureaucratic cooperation, and proper documentation, and the Medicaid Program Integrity Section is paying outside contractors much more to root out those problems than they return in savings, a state Program Evaluation Division…
Most framers of Obamacare believe that a Medicare/Medicaid plan for all is and should be the ultimate destination for American health care. Does Roy Cooper agree?…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper's campaign rhetoric ignores key facts about the Affordable Care Act's impact.
RALEIGH — The continuing calls to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act have a seemingly unlikely ally — Medicaid Health Plans of America, the trade association representing a number of top Medicaid managed care organizations. Some MHPA members likely will compete for contracts under the Medicaid reforms approved last…
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday that he plans to expand the state’s Medicaid rolls in several limited areas as part of his Health and Human Services budget priorities, and will continue to seek broader expansion from the White House. McCrory outlined at least $6.6 million in new funding…
