In all, Medicaid covers roughly 1.8 million people in North Carolina, more than half of them children.
NC Medicaid Choice Coalition Statement on Compromise Medicaid Reform Legislation
Legislation approved by the Senate Health Committee offers real reform that will protect taxpayers and improve care for Medicaid beneficiaries
NC Senate Budget Would Shift Medicaid To Outside Agency
Senate leaders want Medicaid to be removed from the Department of Health and Human Services and overseen by a “Health Benefits Authority.” Read more here.
State Owes $9.7 million to Medicaid Service Providers
A combined $9.7 million is owed to about 2,500 Medicaid services providers, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Thursday.
State Owes Medical Providers for Caring for Poor, Elderly
The state Medicaid office owes medical providers nearly two years worth of back payments for poor, elderly patients
The Managed Medicaid That’s Working Just Fine in NC
A lot of conversation has come from Raleigh over the past months about the need to reform North Carolina’s “broken” Medicaid system…Read more here.
Medicaid Eats Education
Medicaid spending will grow nearly 3 times faster than spending on public schools under the biannual budget being considered in the House.
Competition Should Decide Medicaid Fix
The latest audit determined the $63 million Medicaid surplus NCDHHS bragged about was really another $300 million deficit
WRAL: Costly, controversial: Lawmakers have just months to tame Medicaid beast
Discussions about making another run at taming Medicaid have been relegated mainly to early morning budget meetings and back-room discussions. Read more here.
Cuomo’s quiet Medicaid miracle: He is succeeding where countless predecessors failed
Five years into his term as New York’s chief executive, it’s time to give credit where credit is due: Gov. Cuomo has tamed the Medicaid beast.