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NC Health NewsTens of thousands of beneficiaries with extensive care needs are expected to be moved to tailored plans on July 1.
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Lilly KnoeppNew state funding may help some of the region’s most vulnerable: children in foster care who live in social services offices because of a lack of foster family placements.The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the DSS Emergency Placement Fund to provide county departments of social services with resources to help children in their custody. Check out the breakdown of funding in WNC.
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State health officials, alarmed by the growing number of cases, have launched a social media education campaign, a new website, and are working on other ways to reverse that trend.
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The North Carolina State Health Plan board of trustees will consider dropping coverage of GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and Saxenda. The plan currently covers more than 24,000 people with a prescription for weight loss.
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In a visit to Raleigh Thursday, President Biden promoted his administration's plan to improve high-speed Internet access in North Carolina.
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The number of people who have enrolled in Medicaid in North Carolina since expansion began in December is now over 310,000. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper offered that figure on Wednesday while at a Raleigh event with the nation’s chief Medicaid regulator to talk about expansion and those getting other subsidized insurance offered through the Affordable Care Act.
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The dental schools at East Carolina University and the University of Florida received a research grant aimed at providing healthcare to rural areas in North Carolina.
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A North Carolina hospital network is referring transgender psychiatric patients to treatment facilities that do not align with their gender identities. Though UNC Hospitals' policy discourages the practice, administrators say a massive bed shortage is forcing them to make tough decisions.
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UNC Chapel Hill researchers have discovered eight types of previously unknown PFAS in the Cape Fear River using a new detection method.
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Atrium and Novant won’t sell their debt to a charity that buys medical debt and forgives it, saying they already have charity care policies. A retired Atrium physician is on a quest to change that.
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Patient navigators, abortion funds and other support networks work to combat barriers, keep abortion accessible to those who seek it.
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State authorities say they’re getting complaints from consumers about health plans they never signed up for and bills for medical equipment they never used. These scams can be detrimental to the legal status of immigrant residents.
