LGC officials received an update from Rocky Mount officials on the city’s progress in gaining better control of its finances.
SHP will issue a new RFP in the coming weeks, with the goal to have the plan’s Board of Trustees approve the contract award later this summer.
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles announced Wednesday that it has selected a vendor to modernize its technology systems.
Racial proxies — a term for the use of non-racial characteristics to distinguish by race — have occupied an uncertain position in American civil rights law since the 2023 Students for Fair Admissions decision.
On Tuesday, the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its meeting to approve the implementation of a three-tier provider network for 2027 that will strengthen the Preferred Provider Program (PPP), which will steer members toward providers at a cost savings for both the member and the State Health Plan (SHP), while delivering a volume of patients to preferred providers.
House Speaker Destin Hall called the situation “unacceptable” and noted the House will begin taking action based on the findings.
Duke Energy sends report to utilities commission containing research that supports offshore wind is not cost effective.
Multiple state agency and department heads appeared before the NC House Oversight Committee Thursday to brief lawmakers on their respective landscapes and efforts to find and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse within their programs. The hearings come as state lawmakers gear up for biennial budget negotiations. The purpose of the hearings with agency heads is...
At a board meeting last week for NCInnovation, the private nonprofit given $500 million in taxpayers’ funds to help facilitate commercialization of public university research, directors discussed their work to determine if potential for conflicts of interest exists between members of the investment committee and the financial institutions bidding to manage the half-billion-dollar endowment. While...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will not appeal a judge’s decision upholding the shift of a State Health Plan administrator contract to Aetna. Blue Cross’ decision to drop its legal complaint means the shift will take place as scheduled on Jan. 1.
An administrative law judge has upheld the decision to replace Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina with Aetna as third-party administrator of the State Health Plan for government workers and retirees. Blue Cross had challenged the process used to grant the TPA contract to Aetna.
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