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Charlotte-based Atrium Health targets WakeMed in proposed combination
By Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban Atrium Health, the state’s largest hospital system, is seeking to combine with Raleigh-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals, an independent nonprofit with five hospitals and roughly 350 physicians, according to a press release and a document published on the Wake County board of commissioners website Friday afternoon. With the move,…
Public hospital, private talks: Atrium board schedules four-hour closed session
By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority board has scheduled a special meeting for today with four hours set aside for a closed session, an unusually long stretch of private discussion for a public body. The authority, which does business as Atrium Health, said in a public notice that the purpose of the meeting is…
‘Got to get fixed:’ Billing delays, coverage issues still plague Tricare patients and providers
By Annie Sciacca The War Horse Nearly every day for months, Lorelei Evans, a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, received a call or text from a doctor’s office trying to collect on some of her family’s $86,000 in unpaid medical bills. Almost weekly, she said, a bill showed up in the mail at her…
Medicaid breakthrough comes with unexpected immigration mandates
By Anne Blythe, Ashley Fredde and Rose Hoban UPDATE: The bill passed both the N. C. Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 28 and now heads to Gov. Josh Stein for final approval. The vote in the House was 112-3 and 45-3 in the Senate, with several Democratic lawmakers expressing concerns over provisions…
NC dentists push for higher Medicaid payments to tackle access crisis
By Anne Blythe Kristen Jarrell, an Alexander County resident and licensed foster parent in Wilkes County, has had a dickens of a time trying to find a dentist for children in her care. In North Carolina, one of the requirements for a child entering foster care is a health and emotional trauma screening that includes…
North Carolina lawmakers hit pause on hospital tax break changes
By Michelle Crouch State lawmakers looking for ways to reduce the tax burden for North Carolinians are holding off — for now — on legislation that would have scaled back two key tax exemptions that benefit nonprofit and public hospitals. Based on the candid comments of one lawmaker co-chairing the committee debating the changes, it’s…