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The N.C. dental board adopted emergency measures to give dentists in western N.C. more flexibility to reopen offices.
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Pregnant and newly postpartum women found themselves displaced by Helene — confronting canceled appointments, reworked birth plans and the loss of their belongings.
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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.
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Just as they did two years ago, Mission Hospital/HCA, AdventHealth and Novant Health are competing for a North Carolina “Certificate of Need.”
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A federal judge has ruled a provision in North Carolina’s abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently. But U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles restored on Friday another provision she halted last year that required abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy be performed in hospitals.
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The group counts several elected officials, including state Sen. Julie Mayfield (D) and Brevard Mayor Maureen Copelof, among its leadership.
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A bill called the PLASMA Act would require manufacturers to pay more of the cost for patients covered by the Medicare drug program.
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DHHS asked for almost half a billion more dollars to keep up with rising Medicaid costs in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
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A reporter explores alternatives to nursing homes, a nonprofit leader works to demystify Medicare, and an economist talks about the role of women in the eldercare economy.
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Aetna is poised to manage health coverage plan benefits for North Carolina state workers and teachers next year because Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina won't appeal a judge’s decision that upheld Aetna as the next contract winner.
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More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in state's Medicaid expansion program in the seven months since it was launched.
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Although budget negotiations stalled, the conversation about how to spend this opioid money is far from over.