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9 things The Pitt gets right, according to North Carolina ER workers
By Michelle Crouch When Dr. Jennifer Casaletto’s kids started watching The Pitt last year, her 14-year-old son had a question: Which one are you? “I’m Doctor Robby,” she told him, referencing the attending physician played by Noah Wyle who oversees the chaotic emergency room in the hit HBO TV drama. She said his jaw dropped:…
North Carolinians find common ground on health care costs, Medicaid, poll shows
By Rose Hoban North Carolinians feeling the heat of rising health care costs say they’re making difficult choices — some even skipping care they need because of the financial pinch. This is just one finding from a telephone interview poll of 800 North Carolina residents at the beginning of March that asked a broad array…
North Carolina lawmakers take aim at hospitals’ prized tax perks
By Michelle Crouch As North Carolina lawmakers search for ways to reduce the tax burden for state residents, they’re taking aim at the generous tax breaks the state’s nonprofit and public hospitals have long enjoyed. Proposals discussed by a House committee on March 18 would significantly scale back two key tax exemptions. If passed, they…
Mission Hospital to evaluate leadership’s “capacity and competency,” hires consultant in wake of Immediate Jeopardy
By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital has hired an outside consultant following its most recent Immediate Jeopardy sanction and committed to federal regulators that it will make sweeping changes, including reevaluating “the capacity and competency” of its leadership and staff, according to its enhanced plan of correction obtained by Asheville Watchdog. Mission leadership promised a…
Big changes ahead for State Health Plan as trustees work to lower costs
By Clayton Henkel NC Newsline North Carolina teachers and state employees can expect more changes to the State Health Plan in 2027 as trustees work to control rising costs for care. Tom Friedman, the State Health Plan administrator, says the plan closed a $507 million deficit in 2025, but there’s more work to be done…
New SNAP requirements could stress county budgets
By Morgan Casey Border Belt Independent Using a blue pen, Bladen County Board of Commissioners chair Cameron McGill signed 18 letters to state lawmakers in late January. One was for N.C. Speaker of the House Destin Hall. Another for the state Senate’s Republican leader, Phil Berger. Others were addressed to senior chairs of the committees…
