/tags/medicaid Medicaid en-US Copyright Wed, 14 May 2025 16:00:19 GMT /health/2025-05-14/nc-medicaid-provider-tax-cap A push in Congress to limit provider taxes could strip billions in Medicaid funding from North Carolina. Wed, 14 May 2025 16:00:19 GMT /health/2025-05-14/nc-medicaid-provider-tax-cap Jaymie Baxley | North Carolina Health News /health/2025-04-21/bad-medicine-funding-cuts-may-be-fatal-wound-to-these-vital-nc-clinics For residents of rural North Carolina, quality health care can seem nonexistent. Let alone affordable. Now, one of the only options for low-cost, low-barrier medical care is under threat: community health centers. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:25:07 GMT /health/2025-04-21/bad-medicine-funding-cuts-may-be-fatal-wound-to-these-vital-nc-clinics Jane Winik Sartwell | Carolina Public Press /politics/2025-03-27/disability-waitlist-medicaid-innovations-waiver-nc-funding Hundreds of advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities visited the North Carolina legislature this week to lobby lawmakers to provide more funding for a program that has a years-long waiting list. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:17:32 GMT /politics/2025-03-27/disability-waitlist-medicaid-innovations-waiver-nc-funding Colin Campbell /health/2025-02-06/rural-health-low-income-food-needs-medicaid North Carolina might expand an experimental initiative to address the nonmedical health needs of low-income residents by using Medicaid dollars. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:14:29 GMT /health/2025-02-06/rural-health-low-income-food-needs-medicaid Jaymie Baxley | North Carolina Health News /health/2024-09-12/legislature-approves-medicaid-money The state health department asked for $458 billion to keep up with rising Medicaid costs. Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:19:26 GMT /health/2024-09-12/legislature-approves-medicaid-money Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health News /health/2024-08-01/nc-medicaid-covers-weight-loss-drugs-wegovy-ozempic Kody Kinsley, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, says people who could benefit the most from GLP-1s can't get them because of the cost. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:06:30 GMT /health/2024-08-01/nc-medicaid-covers-weight-loss-drugs-wegovy-ozempic Bradley George /health/2024-07-29/north-carolina-medicaid-carrot-hospitals-patient-debt Federal Medicaid regulators have signed off on a proposal by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's administration to offer hospitals a financial incentive to eliminate patients' medical debt. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 20:09:45 GMT /health/2024-07-29/north-carolina-medicaid-carrot-hospitals-patient-debt Associated Press /health/2024-07-18/nc-state-budget-medicaid-dhhs-nchn DHHS asked for almost half a billion more dollars to keep up with rising Medicaid costs in the 2024-25 fiscal year. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:49:36 GMT /health/2024-07-18/nc-state-budget-medicaid-dhhs-nchn Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health News /health/2024-07-03/north-carolina-medicaid-managed-care North Carolina Medicaid managed care has finally been extended to Medicaid enrollees who also need services for behavioral health or intellectual or developmental disabilities. Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:53:22 GMT /health/2024-07-03/north-carolina-medicaid-managed-care Associated Press /health/2024-07-01/north-carolina-government-incentivizing-hospitals-patients-medical-debt Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration have unveiled a plan Monday to take away patients' debt and help future patients receive deep discounts or enroll in charity programs. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:58:59 GMT /health/2024-07-01/north-carolina-government-incentivizing-hospitals-patients-medical-debt Associated Press