Health officials say budget stalemate may put DHHS in the red

By Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service Raleigh — Money is tight at N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

Rural county gets medical machines, opens path to government intervention

By Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service Raleigh — When they unveiled their plans, the room was crammed with hundreds of people —a stunning turnout for their home in rural Appalachia. Juanita Colvard knew many of these people lost someone.

Budget impasse impacts Medicaid

Raleigh – N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen recently warned that her office “can’t make a February start date” for Medicaid transformation “without a state budget in place.” As of Friday, the state legislature was still at a budget impasse.

Medicaid Care shifting for recipients in North Carolina

By Neill Caldwell Carolina Public Press North Carolina is in the process of a major transition in the way that people enrolled in Medicaid receive services, from a pay-as-you-go model to a private insurance company’s managed health care plan that participants can choose themselves. About 1.