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WEBSep 11, 2024 · More than half of Mission’s remaining staff neurologists say they are resigning, citing burnout, ‘nausea and fury’ By Andrew R. Jones Asheville Watchdog Three staff neurologists are leaving Mission Hospital by the end of September, potentially leaving only two to provide critical care to hundreds of patients at the Asheville flagship hospital and across western North Carolina, including ...
Answers to questions about Medicaid expansion - NC Health News
WEBDec 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 ...
Changes needed to fix NC's mental health crisis | NC Health News
WEBAug 23, 2022 · By Taylor Knopf. Decades ago, North Carolina legislators sought to change the way mental health care is delivered. They closed psychiatric hospitals arguing that patients would be better treated in the community, in less restrictive settings. Mental health experts agreed that the deinstitutionalization of mental health — a movement taking ...
NC Medicaid is moving to managed care - NC Health News
WEBMay 7, 2021 · By Liora Engel-Smith. North Carolina’s Medicaid program is shifting roughly two-thirds of its enrollees into managed care this summer, starting on July 1. In the process, thousands of enrollees — some of whom have never had to choose health insurance or a network — were thrust into a process that many have found difficult and confusing.
'Tailored’ Medicaid plans launching in North Carolina - North …
WEBJun 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 ...
A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
WEBDec 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.
What happens when someone in mental distress goes to the ER?
WEBSep 8, 2023 · The processes for voluntary psychiatric admissions are outlined in General Statute 122C-211.. The law states that if the patient is a minor or “incompetent” adult, the parent or guardian should be notified of “each instance of an initial restriction or renewal of a restriction of rights and of the reason for it” (General Statute 122C-62(e)). ...
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
WEBAug 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.
Mayo Clinic Care Network gains a foothold in North Carolina
WEBDec 6, 2019 · A coastal North Carolina hospital has joined a selective network associated with Mayo Clinic. Carteret Health Care is the first health care facility in the state to have joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network, granting it access to expert consultations and other services. “It’s not a merger … they [Mayo] don’t want that, [and] our board ...
Changing the Approach to Care at Broughton Hospital
WEBSep 9, 2015 · Catherine Upchurch, head of risk management at Broughton Hospital, has made changing the facility’s approach to treatment her priority. Photo courtesy Catherine Upchurch. “There just continues to be more and more evidence of how effective recovery-oriented care services are,” Upchurch said. “They reduce recidivism, shorten length of ...