A subsequent test of a new specimen provided by the patient at Duke University Hospital in Durham has resulted in a confirmed negative laboratory diagnosis for Ebola.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Education is the campaign focus as the North Carolina House District 118 race heads toward the finish line.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 6:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Testing conducted at the State Laboratory of Public Health, located in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS), returned a preliminary negative result for Ebola in a patient at Duke University Hospital in Durham.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that Kendra Gerlach will join the DHHS leadership team as the director of the Office of Communications.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I seriously can’t understand the logic behind having TWO prominent Republican leaders go public – right in front of a HUGE election — with their desire to expand Medicaid.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:52 am
By: Brant Clifton
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State Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos has been crisscrossing the state with an optimistic message that she is preparing to recommend Medicaid expansion for North Carolina to Gov. Pat McCrory.
Published: Sunday, October 19th, 2014 @ 9:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Aldona Wos and State Epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies, detailed today the state's preparation should an Ebola case be diagnosed in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:42 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with DHHS Secretary Dr. Aldona Wos and State Epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies will provide an update on state preparations should a patient in North Carolina be diagnosed with Ebola. At this point in time, no one in the state is suspected of having, or has been...
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:41 am
By: Chris Downey
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Secretary Aldona Wos said that the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Division of Public Health has been working closely with its public health partners and health care providers since July to prepare for the possibility that a patient in North Carolina might be diagnosed with Ebola.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 4:41 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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DHHS is announcing its plans to realign the core functions of the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA), which administers North Carolina's Medicaid program.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 5:59 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that Courtney Cantrell, Ph.D. will assume the permanent role as the Director of the Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse Services (DMH/DD/SAS).
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2014 @ 3:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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A new state audit reveals shortcomings in the procedure used to approve doctors and other providers offering services for patients on Medicaid, the state's health system for the poor and disabled.
Published: Friday, August 15th, 2014 @ 4:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Citing health, public safety, criminal justice, and fiscal concerns, Gov. Pat McCrory Tuesday called for immediate federal action to address the relocation of 1,200 unaccompanied illegal-immigrant minors into North Carolina.
Published: Friday, August 8th, 2014 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Auditor Beth Wood has chided the Department of Health and Human Services for dragging its feet in gaining federal certification for its NCTracks Medicaid information system, an omission that could cost the state $9.6 million a year.
Published: Monday, August 4th, 2014 @ 7:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after the overwhelmingly bipartisan passage of a Medicaid reform bill (HB 1181) by the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Published: Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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With $2 billion in cost overruns the past four years, Medicaid continues to be North Carolina’s most volatile political conundrum, and now unanswered questions about its spending and growth threaten to delay passage of 2014-15 state budget adjustments before next Monday’s deadline.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2014 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated Buncombe County and Durham County today for being two of six winners of the RWJF Culture of Health Prize awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Published: Thursday, June 26th, 2014 @ 5:04 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Those of us who consider ourselves moderates are following our state's current events with interest and no small measure of amusement.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 12:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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With more than 400,000 people expected to attend the U.S. Open in Pinehurst over the next two weeks, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is playing a significant role in assuring the health and well-being of visitors.
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 5:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An impatient Gov. Pat McCrory used his bully pulpit and a wall of white coats Wednesday to push for immediate legislative action on his administration's stalled proposal to run the state's Medicaid program using an Accountable Care Organization system operated by doctors and hospitals...
Published: Monday, June 9th, 2014 @ 7:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos, M.D. hosted members of the North Carolina medical provider community at the executive mansion this afternoon to make plans for the state's $13 billion Medicaid system.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Art Pope, director of the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM), and Dr. Aldona Wos, secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), released the following statement
Published: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory hosted a group of women graduating from the Durham Rescue Mission's recovery program at the governor's mansion today.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:09 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory signed an executive order today that creates a multi-agency task force aimed at reducing substance abuse and underage drinking. The Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force will build on statewide prevention, treatment and...
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 8:50 am
By: Chris Downey
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The National Mobile Disaster Hospital that deployed from North Carolina on May 1 to tornado-ravaged Louisville, Miss., opened Monday to patients. The opening was greeted by fanfare and a walk-through by Gov. Philip Bryant and federal, state and local dignitaries.
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 9:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The public is invited to comment on the state's Social Services Block Grant plan. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services creates this plan every year to outline how federal social services block grant funds will be administered.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 10:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory hosted staff members from the North Carolina Congressional Delegation at the Governor’s Mansion today for an open and bipartisan dialogue on how to work together better and more often for the betterment of the state.
Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 @ 12:05 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory announced that North Carolina's Mobile Disaster Hospital is being sent to Mississippi to provide medical support to a community whose 41-bed hospital, medical clinics and only nursing home was destroyed by the tornadoes on Monday.
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 6:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos today announced Robin Gary Cummings, M.D., DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services, will assume the duties of Medicaid director. He will continue to serve as acting state health director.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 7:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Division of Public Health has released its annual report describing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in North Carolina hospitals.
Published: Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 @ 11:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS' Division of Aging and Adult Services, Governor's Advisory Council on Aging and, North Carolina Association of Area Agencies on Aging are co-hosting a series of listening sessions being held in conjunction with Older Americans Month.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 8:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Accountable care organizations that are the cornerstone of the state's Medicaid reform plan are "HMOs on steroids," one national expert says, and they face certain opposition in the state Senate.
Published: Friday, April 18th, 2014 @ 1:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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he U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed that North Carolina successfully met requirements to reduce the number of pending food stamp applications and recertifications.
Published: Friday, April 18th, 2014 @ 11:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services assists Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties in their response to a case of Hepatitis A in a food handler, it is important to remind people to always take precautions when preparing food, whether at home or at a restaurant.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 7:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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