Health Care

After a NC Health News/ News & Observer/ Charlotte Observer report of alleged mistreatment and sexual assault of an 11-year-old patient, Brynn Marr Hospital has been under months of state and federal scrutiny, jeopardizing its federal insurance reimbursement.

The state Senate released its budget proposal on Monday afternoon, and the spending plan sets up a big disagreement with House Republicans over the size of state worker raises.

A bill moving quickly through the North Carolina legislature would permit the state's largest health insurer to transform away from being a true nonprofit. And legislative Republicans want to again expand the voucher program known as Opportunity Scholarships.

Researchers at Duke University discovered how the GA-1 disease starts and found a possible treatment through gene therapy.

State Treasurer Dale Folwell is calling on North Carolina lawmakers to pass new consumer protections addressing medical debt collections.

The Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly has given final legislative approval to a Medicaid expansion agreement.

The expansion is expected to add an estimated 600,000 people who have been living without health insurance.

Doctors, advocates, law enforcement representatives see the policy as a way to help the population — and the taxpayers — by keeping justice-involved people healthier.

A study led by Duke Health finds Black Americans are not getting evaluated accurately through artificially intelligent algorithms.

Blue Cross Blue Shield, which currently holds the state health plan contract, said it's pursuing an appeal.