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One eastern NC system dropped it as of January
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024 @ 3:02 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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National leadership role elevates focus on rural academic health care
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:50 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy for State Health Policy Find that North Carolina's Seven Largest Hospital Systems Reaped Billions of Dollars in Cash, Investments and Profits After Taking COVID Relief
Published: Thursday, June 30th, 2022 @ 7:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy for State Health Policy Find that North Carolina's Dominant Hospital Systems Recorded Billions of Dollars in Profits After Taking Taxpayer-Funded COVID Relief
Published: Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with health systems, local health departments and community health centers across the state to host large community vaccine events for people currently eligible to be vaccinated.
Published: Saturday, January 16th, 2021 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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More than ever, rural communities in America are in need of a strong advocate to help shape the future of health care delivery by strengthening academic hospitals and health systems.
Published: Friday, November 27th, 2020 @ 8:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health, along with other major health systems in North Carolina, are joining together in a Community Research Partnership with patients to better understand the spread of COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since Friday, Sept. 4, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has experienced continued technical and submission issues with hospital systems' data
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 @ 5:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rep. Keith Kidwell Supports Historic Relief for North Carolina Families, Schools, and Health SystemsOverwhelming bipartisan support for Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0; sends General Assembly proposals to the Governor
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Keith D Kidwell
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Greensboro-based Cone Health and Norfolk, VA-based Sentara Healthcare on Wednesday announced plans to merge the two hospital systems.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2020 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Health, one of the region’s leading integrated health systems, and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies, today announced an agreement to expand health care options for Humana Medicare Advantage members in Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health has been at the forefront of conversations about the challenges facing health systems in rural America and especially here at home in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is working with academic partners across the state to understand how widespread cases of COVID-19 with mild or no symptoms
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 4:58 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Folwell is locked in a heated battle with state hospitals, health systems, doctors, and legislative supporters of House Bill 184, which is slated for a House floor vote Wednesday, April 3.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are warning that the heavy rains and flooding from Hurricane Florence may cause major problems with septic systems
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 6:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The mega-deal combining daily operations at UNC Health Care and Atrium Health has collapsed, killing in the cradle what would have been one of the nation's largest health systems
Published: Monday, March 5th, 2018 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina could be home to one of the largest hospital behemoths in the nation if UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System finalize their partnership agreement. On a combined $14 billion operating budget, the two systems manage 50 hospitals and employ 90,000 people.
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The proposed partnership making UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the nation has a new antagonist: BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 6:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel and member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, issued the following statement after U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2017 @ 4:39 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The Office of State Auditor has renewed warnings about lack of security regarding access to sensitive material in the state Department of Health and Human Services' information systems, but that audit finding was overlooked amid the report of $835 million in questionable Medicaid spending documented
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 3:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Health has been recognized as one of the nation's "Most Wired" health systems in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2015 @ 10:37 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Beaufort County Commissioners voted 5 to 2 to bequeath its public hospital to University Health Systems.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 12:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A resolution is on the Tuesday, July 7th, 2015, Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting agenda to dissolve the above described 9 member board, also known as the “Hospital Board”.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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When Vidant agreed to lease BC Hospital, they refused to assume the liabilities that were lurking from past mismanagement, an amount estimated to be around $22 million.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 1:29 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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It's going to take a while longer for the North Carolina Legislature to pass its two-year budget. Part of the hold up will be finalizing an agreement on reforming the state's certificate of need (CON) law, which requires health systems and medical providers to first obtain a hall pass from the...
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 9:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Raleigh Chamber of Commerce recently sponsored a health care breakfast panel with three North Carolina hospital CEOs talking about how competition brings out the best in their health systems. Competition is healthy. Competition is a beautiful thing.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 7:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce sponsored a health care breakfast panel where three North Carolina hospital CEOs talked about how competition brings out the best in their health systems. Competition is healthy. Competition is a beautiful thing.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Six months ago, three of North Carolina's leading health systems announced plans to create a new company, owned by all three organizations, with the goal of working together to improve quality and affordability for patients across the state. Today, Vidant Health, Wake Forest Baptist Medical...
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 9:10 pm
By: Chris Downey
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In previous newsletters, I've discussed how both ends of the political spectrum strive to reform our nation's health care delivery system by following through with the "triple aim" concept of former CMS administrator Dr. Donald Berwick - increase access to care, reduce health care costs, and...
Published: Saturday, November 15th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Health has been recognized as one of the nation's "Most Wired" health systems, according to the results of the 2014 Most Wired Survey released in Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 11:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Three leading health systems in North Carolina will be working together to improve quality and affordability for patients across the state.
Published: Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 @ 9:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Belhaven Hospital is closed, locked and being stripped of everything anyone may use to operate a hospital. Vidant the owner of the hospital business, also known as University Health Systems, presented the public with a reason.
Published: Sunday, August 10th, 2014 @ 11:25 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Vidant Health, officially known as University Health Systems, is no stranger to closing rural medical facilities. Since 2010 Vidant Health has closed three medical clinics in the following counties: Dare, Pitt and Beaufort.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 6:47 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Many students struggle to write a simple research paper. Change the assignment to include qualitative research methods and the task becomes even more demanding. An East Carolina University professor aims to help students navigate through the research process by applying her own unique real world...
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 7:17 pm
By: ECU News Services
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It is ironic that most of the same people and commissioners who are now expressing so much concern about Vidant closing the Pungo District Hospital are the same people who were Vidant's cheerleaders when we were trying to decide whether Vidant or Community Health Systems would be best for Beaufort C
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 7:37 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting on Monday (9-30-13) to discuss the closing of Pungo Hospital in Belhaven. At that meeting I read the following statement.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 @ 9:50 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Many constitutionalists, libertarians and conservatives are justifiably angry with President Obama due to his recent executive decrees regarding firearms.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 8:02 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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Vidant Health has been recognized as one of the nation's "Most Wired" health systems, according to the results of the 2013 Most Wired Survey released this week in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Health Care's Most Wired Survey.
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 @ 10:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory's Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina is an innovative approach to redesign the state's Old Medicaid system into a safety net that improves patients' health and saves taxpayer dollars.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 10:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Janice Prescott Foster, age 74, a resident of 111 Waterford Place, Washington, NC died Thursday January 31, 2013 at West Georgia Health Systems in LaGrange, GA.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 7:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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