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Rick Brajer took the oath of office as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services today. Brajer succeeds Aldona Wos, MD, who has served as secretary since January 2013.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 6:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The resignation of state Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos, announced Wednesday, could bring Medicaid reform, a goal of Senate legislative leaders, one step closer
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2015 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Aldona Wos, M.D. released the following statement regarding House Bill 372
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Just when we were beginning to trust that North Carolina's Medicaid program was better managed and actually spending within its allocated budget we learned the program hasn't been paying doctors and hospitals what they are owed.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos, MD, announced today that Robin Gary Cummings, MD, Deputy Secretary for Health Services and Medicaid Director, will step down from his position to accept the role of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at...
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 11:45 am
By: Chris Downey
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that, despite last week's revelation of an additional 8,100 cases in Guilford County, DHHS is optimistic that the state and counties have reasonably achieved the USDA's March 31 milestone.
Published: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos held a late afternoon conference call with legislators to provide an update on NC FAST regarding the status of compliance with the USDA standards for Food and Nutrition Services (food stamps).
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos places a top deputy temporarily in charge of the state's beleaguered Medicaid system, state Auditor Beth Wood has launched a cost and performance study of the nonprofit entity overseeing much of Medicaid, the joint federal/state...
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Department of Health and Human Services Acting Medicaid Director Sandra Terrell released the following information regarding the incorrect mailing of 48,752 Medicaid cards to the wrong addresses.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 1:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that for the first time since the State Employees Combined Campaign began in 1985, the leadership team of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has achieved 100 percent participation.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos today released the product of a departmental work group established immediately following the abrupt closure of several adult care facilities early this year.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 11:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCroy proclaimed November 21, 2013 as Rural Health Day in North Carolina, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health and Community Care
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 6:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos deserve credit for trying to sort out and find solutions to our Mental Health program. North Carolina's 2001 mental health "reforms" have been a disaster and the McCrory administration is the first to seriously address them.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 12:00 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On Thursday, November 7th, DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos announced the McCrory Administration's Crisis Solutions Initiative, a new statewide effort to improve mental health and substance abuse crisis services in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 9:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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WRAL's Mark "Binky" Binker - Cagney to Laura Leslie's Lacey - has had the North Carolina political world atwitter over his reporting about DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos' recent appearance before a legislative committee.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 2:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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You've gotta love this civility, peace and love crowd. When they ran things into the ground in Raleigh, they frequently shut down GOP and conservative protests by lecturing about the need for "civility."
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 2:46 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services has secured additional funds to continue the WIC program as of October 11, 2013.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 12:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I've been watching politics in this state for quite some time and I CANNOT recall any prior administration in Raleigh having its appointees subjected to such invasive public scrutiny.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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With flu cases already appearing in our state, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos is encouraging all North Carolinians to protect themselves by getting the flu vaccine.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 4:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hospital mental health services across the state will get a boost thanks to the expansion of an East Carolina University program that delivers expertise through a telemedicine network.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory and Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos, M.D., joined leaders of East Carolina University in Greenville today to announce the details of a statewide telepsychiatry plan.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 12:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Unless significant changes and clarifications are made addressing our concerns that were clearly communicated by DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos, Governor Pat McCrory will veto the existing bill, HB 695, if it is passed by the House and Senate.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory joined Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Aldona Wos and DHHS CIO Joe Cooper today to visit the NCTracks call center and command center.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 10:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor McCrory outlined a framework for Medicaid reform to improve care, customer service and results for North Carolina's young and elderly, disabled, mentally ill and low-income families.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 8:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Peppering her remarks with fiscal horror stories, state Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos told lawmakers Wednesday she is reforming a harried department in organizational meltdown.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2013 @ 11:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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