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North Carolina hospitals brought 5,922 lawsuits against 7,517 patients between January 2017 and June 2022.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 6:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Hospitals Charge Families Huge Price Markups for Common Shoppable Services, Hide Prices from Patients
Published: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled Sept. 21 for oral arguments in a case involving N.C. State Health Plan coverage of treatments used by transgender patients.
Published: Sunday, October 8th, 2023 @ 8:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Study by Duke University School of Law researchers and the North Carolina Office of State Treasurer finds that North Carolina's hospitals obtained legal judgments, including interest charges, from patients with medical debt
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 11:23 am
By: ENC NOW
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Federal health officials have launched a civil rights investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) after the hospital turned over trans-identifying clinic patients’ medical records to the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office.
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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Some of the nation’s largest transgender “health care” providers are rubber-stamping approvals for life-altering sex-change procedures — and even falsely representing health diagnoses of patients
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 8:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider a lawsuit in September challenging State Health Plan restrictions against coverage for treatments used by transgender patients.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 1:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy Find that the Majority of North Carolina's Hospitals Are Overcharging Patients While Profiting Off Medicare
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @ 9:17 am
By: ENC NOW
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Study Shows North Carolina Hospitals Limit Patients Access to Prices, Refuse to Abandon Secret Contracts and Hidden Prices Contrary to Attorney General's Recent Report
Published: Monday, February 14th, 2022 @ 2:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is once again sounding the alarm on some nonprofit hospitals in the state, with a new report that shows low-income patients are being billed when they were eligible for charity care.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 12:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy of State Health Policy find that nonprofit hospitals have billed millions of dollars to disadvantaged patients.
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 10:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy of State Health Policy find that disadvantaged patients received bills from hospitals instead of nonprofit charity care.
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 1:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At a time when North Carolina is ranked as one of the most expensive states for health care in the nation, many nonprofit hospitals are reaping huge profits while providing little in the way of charity care.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 @ 10:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Unethical behavior from Dr's and hospitals
Published: Friday, October 15th, 2021 @ 6:20 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Two bills, which would allow medical professionals who aren’t doctors greater latitude in serving patients, are advancing in the Senate.
Published: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 @ 3:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Health care providers and hospitals can use a new portal to request reimbursement for claims associated with COVID-19 testing and treatment of uninsured patients retroactive to Feb. 4, 2020.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 5:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After South Korean health experts discovered that some former coronavirus patients were testing positive again after recovering from the disease, officials thought that the patients could be relapsing — or, the even less likely but far worse option — could be contracting the virus again.
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 @ 11:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Italy was already in the midst of their coronavirus crisis when a new fear set in: There weren’t enough ventilator valves at one of the country’s hospitals to treat the patients suffering the most.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2020 @ 10:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to eliminate the five-month waiting period before ALS patients can receive the Social Security Disability Insurance benefits they earned by contributing to Social Security.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, I have signed into law H.R. 6, the "Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act," also known as the "SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act" (the "Act").
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2018 @ 3:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health values family presence when loved ones are in the hospital. We also value protecting patients from being exposed to viruses such as the flu
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2017 @ 4:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina hospitals argue that dismantling regulations in the state's certificate of need laws would impair their ability to treat indigent patients. A research scholar at George Mason University's Mercatus Center says empirical studies conclude such dire warnings are little more than a...
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 @ 9:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers grappling with Medicaid reform should combine elements of competing proposals in the state House and Senate to give patients more choices while remaining accountable to taxpayers, a panel of experts at an April 13 briefing for policy makers and industry officials said.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 3:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Vidant Health officials broke ground on a new cancer center and bed tower at Vidant Medical Center that will create a state-of-the-art destination for oncology patients and families.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 12:00 am
By: Chris Downey
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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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The East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center is among the first hospitals in North Carolina to implant the Boston Scientific S-ICD® System, the world's first and only commercially available subcutaneous implantable defibrillator for the treatment of patients.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 7:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Concern is rising among community health centers that serve nearly a half million patients in North Carolina yearly - most of them uninsured - that Obamacare may drain away their patients and doctors. Meantime, officials say, patients are antsy about how the law will affect them.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2013 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The specially-designed packages highlight six Children's Miracle Network Hospitals patients.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 9:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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