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2 days ago · 10 ways North Carolina health care providers are harnessing AI. By Emily Vespa and Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Faced with a growing health care worker shortage and provider burnout, some North Carolina health care leaders have said there is great promise in artificial intelligence systems.
'Tailored’ Medicaid plans launching in North Carolina - North …
Jun 18, 2024 · Services covered through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly — a program that provides comprehensive care and medical services for frail seniors who have Medicare and Medicaid — are also excluded.. The same goes for services provided by Children’s Developmental Services Agencies, which serve infants and children up to 3 years old who have developmental delays.
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NC Health News staff pose with their awards during the North Carolina Press Association’s annual banquet and awards ceremony on Sept. 19, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (L to R): Jaymie Baxley, Vibhav Nandagiri (2024 summer intern), Taylor Knopf, Rose Hoban, Jennifer Fernandez, Rachel Crumpler, Emily Vespa (2024 summer intern, now freelancer), Grace Vitaglione, Anne Blythe, Lucas Thomae (2023 summer ...
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
Aug 10, 2021 · By Elizabeth Thompson. As cities in some states, such as New York and California, start to require proof of vaccine to enter public spaces like restaurants and gyms, North Carolina has made no indication that such proof will be required here just yet.
Vidant looks to tie future more closely to ECU - NC Health News
Jun 24, 2021 · By Seth Gulledge. East Carolina University and one of the largest hospital systems in the state have announced the “first step” toward full clinical integration, eyeing a future “ECU Health” that will rival existing partnerships in North Carolina.
Mayo Clinic Care Network gains a foothold in North Carolina
Dec 6, 2019 · Like New Hanover Regional, the Carteret hospital appears to be financially healthy, in a community that’s got a healthy economy where the unemployment rate is 3.7 percent and the 2018 per capita income is $49,360, according to the N.C. Department of Commerce.. A summary of an audited report on the Carteret County website says that in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018, the county ...
NC restores SHIIP for seniors choosing Medicare plans - NC …
Sep 22, 2021 · By Thomas Goldsmith. The state’s popular NC senior health insurance information program, or SHIIP, decided Monday to bring back online, state-compiled Medicare information that, until a change this year, consumers had used to choose among different Medigap plans.. It’s a reversal of a decision earlier this year when the state’s Department of Insurance, which runs SHIIP, had switched to a ...
Atrium Health: A unit of ‘local government’ like no other
Feb 5, 2024 · Deliberating behind closed doors. In a 2021 court case in which Atrium sought to preserve its antitrust exemptions, the hospital emphasized in court filings that as a governmental unit, it “must comply with North Carolina’s public records and open meetings laws.” The law says public bodies are not just supposed to conduct their …
State unveils long-awaited psychiatric hospital in Morganton
Aug 23, 2019 · The new building has space for up to 382 beds, according to the health department, though the expansion will happen gradually. The state health department already partially filled the roughly 150 positions needed for the expansion in a job fair in May.
Proposed national oral health insurance changes could affect NC ...
Jan 22, 2024 · Medicaid dental benefits. Those points have been made in North Carolina too. In December, after as many as 600,000 people gained access to expanded Medicaid health care coverage, they also became eligible for oral health care benefits.. The state’s Medicaid program offers routine cleanings, oral health exams and other preventative services through a comprehensive oral health benefits package.