Answers to questions about Medicaid expansion - NC Health News
Dec 1, 2023 · Medicaid generally takes about 45 days to kick in, but its benefits can be applied retroactively. So, if someone goes to the hospital on Dec. 2, but they don’t receive a Medicaid card until mid-January, the hospital can bill the state for their care. In a recent interview with NC Health News, Kody Kinsley, head of DHHS, said Medicaid will pay ...
A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
Dec 2, 2021 · Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that over the last year, the crisis grew even worse. More than 100,000 people across the country died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. Over that period, the nationwide overdose death rate rose 27 percent. In North Carolina, it grew by 37 percent.
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
Aug 10, 2021 · Here’s how to access the verification if you got vaccinated at a local health department, at a mass vaccination site that was run by the state’s DHHS. Step One: Go to the NCDHHS COVID-19 Vaccine Portal. The vaccine portal can be accessed at: https://covid-vaccine-portal.ncdhhs.gov. Step Two: Sign in using your login information.
'Tailored’ Medicaid plans launching in North Carolina - North …
Jun 18, 2024 · Tailored plans are part of the Medicaid “ transformation ” that North Carolina started in 2021. That year, the state changed its delivery system for Medicaid services. Providers who had been reimbursed directly for services by the state now receive care paid for by commercial insurers, who are paid a fixed, per-member, per-month rate to ...
Vidant looks to tie future more closely to ECU - NC Health News
Jun 24, 2021 · Posted inHospitals. Vidant looks to tie its future more closely with East Carolina University. A high-level personnel change announced Wednesday signals the system’s move to consolidate their market in the eastern part of the state. …
Changes needed to fix NC's mental health crisis | NC Health News
Aug 23, 2022 · Big changes are needed to turn the tide of North Carolina’s mental health crisis, health leaders say. For North Carolinians to have affordable access to readily available mental health services, health leaders say a cascade of changes need to take place from Medicaid expansion to higher reimbursement rates for providers. Sen. Jim Burgin (R ...
Medical marijuana legislation could put NC in the green - NC …
Jul 13, 2021 · Medical marijuana is legal in 36 states and Washington, D.C., and recreational marijuana is legal in 18, according to Insider, putting North Carolina in the minority of states where weed is not legal in any capacity, even as its northern neighbor, Virginia made plans to legalize up to an ounce of recreational marijuana in three years.
Will new increase in SNAP benefits be enough? - NC Health News
Oct 27, 2021 · More than 1.6 million North Carolinians are enrolled in Food and Nutrition Services. The Biden administration announced an increase to SNAP in mid-August, describing it as the largest in the history of the food stamp program. At the beginning of this month, the average monthly benefits for SNAP increased by 25 percent.
New numbers reveal ongoing impact of NC abortion restrictions
Nov 10, 2023 · By Rachel Crumpler. The number of abortions provided in North Carolina has dropped significantly after the implementation of increased restrictions in the state on July 1, according to data estimates from a national organization that tracks trends in reproductive health.. During the first month operating under North Carolina’s new law that limits most abortions after …
Interactive: What’s the state of abortion in North Carolina?
Jun 8, 2021 · By Hannah Critchfield. With the presence of six more conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, many court observers anticipate that laws aimed at restricting access to abortion passed at the state level will eventually wend their ways through the court system to be heard before the high court as a challenge to the 1973 Roe v.Wade decision which made the …