A recent decision in a western North Carolina certificate-of-need legal dispute could affect dozens of other CON cases across the state.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Duke Health and UNC Health are battling at the state Court of Appeals over state regulators' decision to allow a new 40-bed UNC Health hospital in Durham County.
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 @ 8:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Six applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to acquire one or more mobile MRI scanner(s) in response to a need determination in the 2023 State Medical Facilities Plan
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 10:53 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A second-year law student at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill School of Law was arrested Sunday and charged with domestic terrorism in a coordinated crowd attack on the police training center in Atlanta.
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 1:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Four medical students chosen for the Class of 2026 Brody Scholar Award
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 6:18 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Pritzker family has made headlines in recent years for their political and philanthropic activity, as they leverage the billions of dollars inherited from the Hyatt Hotel fortune to advance progressive causes.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 11:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) announced its position approved by the association’s board of trustees supporting COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers.
Published: Sunday, August 15th, 2021 @ 7:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Support Services Program will narrow its focus; North Carolinians will still receive needed support to address food insecurity
Published: Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 @ 5:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Through the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 Support Services Program, more than 35,000 households received relief payments, food, transportation to and from testing sites or additional supports to help them isolate or quarantine during the pandemic.
Published: Monday, March 29th, 2021 @ 11:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen visited Duke University School of Medicine to see Duke Health frontline workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) awarded four contracts to regional organizations to administer its new COVID-19 Support Services program.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2020 @ 8:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) selected 26 businesses to form its initial pool of qualified vendors to support the state’s response to COVID-19.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2020 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has convened a Testing Surge Workgroup to develop a plan to increase testing, expand testing sites and options, and address testing supply challenges, including the availability of personal protective equipment.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 2:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A state law that’s supposed to promote N.C. health care could block Wake County residents from accessing superior medical technology.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 4:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Hospitals have called the treasurer’s bluff. The deadline for hospital signups onto the State Health Plan expired Monday, yet the plan remains bereft of major hospital networks.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 5:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Vidant Hospital System dominates northeastern North Carolina. It is the largest employer and takes in about 1.3 billion dollars each year
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 2:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a major blow to proponents of light rail, the GoTriangle Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday, March 27, to end the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit project.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 12:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Susan Joyner Shaw Gerard, 64, of Blounts Creek, N.C. died peacefully on January 11, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, N.C. after a courageous and hard-fought battle against ovarian cancer
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 5:35 pm
By: Announcements
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 12:19 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Health care policy decisions usually come as federal dictates, so it's a rare opportunity when state legislators have full authority to grant North Carolinians more freedom over their health care options.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The following Resolutions were duly adopted by the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners (the "Board"), the governing body of Beaufort County, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (the "County"), in a duly called regular meeting on the 7th of July, 2015.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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On June 1 at 8:30 AM the Mayor of Belhaven, Adam O’Neal will begin his second walk to Washington, DC. There will be a short ceremony beginning at 9:00 AM at the Wynn’s Gut Park on the water front in Belhaven before the walk begins.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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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 wasted no time padlocking the front door of Pungo District Hospital and covering up the signage around the building.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 9:47 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Vidant Medical Center’s President Steve Lawler was recently appointed vice-chairman of the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council by Gov. Pat McCrory. Lawler’s term will expire Dec. 31, 2016.
Published: Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 @ 7:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The April 1st closing date for Vidant Pungo Hospital is rapidly approaching.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 10:20 am
By: Betty Murphy
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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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The November 4th monthly Beaufort County Commissioner's meeting started off with some strong public comments by civic leader "Buzz" Cayton stressing the need for County Commissioners to use common sense in their ongoing pursuit of new jail plans.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2013 @ 8:38 am
By: Betty Murphy
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In 1972, when he and his classmates made up the first group of East Carolina University medical students, Dr. Douglas Privette said they knew they had to excel.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 9:13 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Here it is Tuesday evening, Sept 24, and I am driving into the quiet little town of Belhaven located in one of the most rural areas of northeast Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 10:41 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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