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State officials, lawmakers press for delay on WakeMed/Atrium deal
By Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban Update: On Monday evening, May 4, the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to delay a decision on the deal for 90 days, saying they wanted to give WakeMed Health & Hospitals time to share more details and engage with the community. State and local leaders are raising red…
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,…
NC county social service agencies brace for deluge of work as Medicaid work requirements go into effect
By Jaymie Baxley and Jennifer Fernandez On a Thursday morning in March, Tyrome Powell was holding court over a small group of men at the Tiny House HOPE Center in Greensboro as he talked about basketball. In the background, news anchors discussed the war in Iran on TV. Across the room, barbers busily cut hair…
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…
Living with microplastics, and finding ways to reduce exposure
By Will Atwater Since the 1950s, plastic has seemingly become the Swiss Army knife of daily living. It’s in everything from medical devices and car parts to electronics, clothing and more. Plastic’s multifunctionality has helped drive down product costs across many industries, including plumbing, where PVC is a durable, less costly alternative to galvanized pipe.…
