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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Social Work Coalition on Workforce Development are partnering to create a Public Service Leadership Program (PSLP) that will strengthen the state’s social work workforce.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2025 @ 3:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to developing a more skilled and satisfied caregiver workforce to improve the quality of care and support available to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 9:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As we prepare to turn the page on another year, we are reminded we are a year older.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 9:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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This week, absent Governor Cooper's signature, the NC General Assembly's 2023-24/2024-25 biennium budget recommendations became law.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina leaders today released a new report on the state’s caregiving workforce, announcing the next steps in strengthening this critical group of workers.
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2024 @ 2:39 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"Today is a loss for conservatism," said Donald Bryson, president of the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, and the North Carolina Senate is scheduled to release its version next before the two chambers meet to establish a conference budget
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Masks will be optional for healthy patients, visitors and team members
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 1:04 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina leaders are projecting shortages in direct care workers, nurses and other caregiving positions in the coming decade. At the same time, demand for these services is rising.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 2:59 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The recently adopted North Carolina state budget includes funds to give a one-time bonus to eligible home- and community-based direct care workers and support staff who provide services to Medicaid and NC Health Choice beneficiaries.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tucked into the new state budget are billions of dollars from Washington for Covid relief. The American Rescue Plan Act, for example, sent $5.4 billion to the state.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 1:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"This surplus came largely out of the pockets of North Carolina citizens and they deserve to see some of it returned to them."
Published: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The following information is as of 5pm
Published: Thursday, December 31st, 2020 @ 11:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following information is as of 5pm
Published: Wednesday, December 30th, 2020 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following information is as of 5pm
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following information is as of 3pm
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 11:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following information is as of 4:30pm
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 2:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NC Medicaid beneficiaries on the NC Innovations Waiver who are attending school virtually due to the COVID-19 public health emergency can now receive waiver support during remote learning.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 5:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's largest insurer has brokered an agreement with three national health care companies to open intensive primary care clinics this year in areas lacking services.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Office of Rural Health, the oldest in the United States, today celebrates 45 years of service improving access to health care for the people of North Carolina
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2018 @ 9:29 am
By: Governor's Office
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Vidant Home Health and Hospice has been named a 2016 Hospice Honors Elite Award recipient by Deyta Analytics
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:11 am
By: Christopher Maye
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I arrived in Great Lakes Navy Boot Camp in 1966; soon standing naked shoulder to shoulder in a line of 50 guys as one corpsman walked in front checking my private parts and one in back administering a gigantic penicillin shot to the buttocks.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:30 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Tired of the average 7-minute doctor visit? Then consider making the switch to direct primary care (DPC). For an affordable monthly payment, patients are granted around-the-clock care, and doctors can spend more time with their patients. They can make house calls. They can dispense prescription...
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 5:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. Octavian Belcea thinks of himself as a medical throwback, the friendly family doctor who practices old-fashioned, comprehensive treatment of his patients and their families.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I’ve written before how direct primary care networks help private, self-insured employers like Amazon and Expedia save big on health care claims
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 3:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina policymakers should take steps to make the state even friendlier to direct primary care
Published: Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medical providers will tell you that about 75 percent of health care can be provided in a primary care setting
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's third annual enrollment period for health insurance is officially underway
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medical providers will tell you that about 75 percent of health care can be provided in a primary care setting. Yet rising health insurance premiums and narrower networks are making it a burden for patients to access basic health care.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Obamacare's third annual enrollment period for health insurance is officially underway. Americans who do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance, are self-employed, or have been dumped into the individual marketplace by their employers have the opportunity to sign up or renew their...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 8:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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