• SUBSCRIBE
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
The North State Journal
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Business
  • About
September 29, 2023

healthcare

Article

Report: NC State Health Plan shortfall drops $7 Billion

September 15, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The shortfall in the state’s health plan related to paying for retiree benefits has dropped by over $7 billion, according to a report by The Segal Group, a human resources and benefits consulting […]

Article

NC Treasurer submits brief in Certificate of Need lawsuit

August 25, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell has submitted an amicus curiae brief in the current lawsuit involving Certificate of Need (CON) laws in the state.  “As ‘keeper of the public purse’ and having […]

Article

Rulings direct alteration of birth certificates and health plan to pay for transition surgeries

July 21, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A pair of consent rulings issued by an Obama-appointed federal judge direct the state’s Vital Statistics Program to alter birth certificates to match what sex a transgender person identifies as and another orders […]

Article

Nursing home deaths point to wider medical staff shortages

January 26, 2022 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Over a snowy weekend in Thomasville, a town in the Piedmont Triad, 98 residents at the Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation nursing facility were cared for by only three staff. Two of the […]

Article

‘Health Equity’ top priority in NCDHHS annual report

December 1, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In late October, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) rolled out its Annual Report to the North Carolina Medical Society and Commission for Public Health. The report’s top priority is […]

Article

Recent ruling bolsters NC State Treasurer’s Clear Pricing Project

January 14, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A court ruling upholding a Trump administration executive order for increased transparency in healthcare pricing may further bolster State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s pricing transparency program, known as the Clear Pricing Project. The court […]

Article

CAPRETTA: Fixing job-based health insurance

December 29, 2020 James C. Capretta

This is the second and final installment of James Capretta’s article to reform employer-based health care insurance first published in North State Journal 12/23/20. Defined contributions and standardized coverage Under this proposed reform, workers would […]

Article

President Trump to visit Charlotte on Thursday

September 21, 2020 North State Journal Staff

CHARLOTTE – President Donald Trump will visit Charlotte on Thursday to discuss his healthcare policies, according to a White House official. President Trump is expected to discuss his administration’s action and vision in delivering quality […]

Article

Planned medical campus aims to make Sandhills a destination for healthcare

September 10, 2020 Elizabeth Lincicome, North State Journal

PINEHURST — It is unsurprising that even before the Coronavirus pandemic took hold North Carolina was ranked among one of the top migration destinations for years. But recent data compiled by moving company United Van […]

Article

Walgreens CEO Pessina to step down, become executive chair

July 27, 2020 The Associated Press

Walgreens’ Stefano Pessina will step down as CEO and become executive chairman once the drugstore chain finds a replacement for him. The current executive chairman, former McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner, will remain on the board […]

Posts navigation

1 2 3 »

The Latest

  • State superintendent lays out student achievement concerns, discusses recent charter board policy

    September 29, 2023
    RALEIGH —North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt said she will continue to focus on helping students overcome pandemic learning loss and is concerned with the N.C. State Board of Education’s recent end-run around the new [...]
  • Bulls fade as Norfolk Tides ride wave to IL title
    September 28, 2023
  • Third-period rally gives Hurricanes second straight preseason win
    September 27, 2023
  • This fall TV season, there’s no new ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ or ‘Law & Order.’ Here’s what’s coming instead
    September 21, 2023
  • THE WORD: A flower that will adorn any garden
    September 16, 2023
  • Governors, Biden administration push to quadruple efficient heating, AC units by 2030
    September 29, 2023
  • LGC officially turns control back over to Robersonville
    September 28, 2023
  • Bulls fade as Norfolk Tides ride wave to IL title
    September 28, 2023
  • LGC officially turns control back over to Robersonville
    September 28, 2023
  • Rumors fly that U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson will enter NC Attorney General race
    September 28, 2023
  • The US is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally
    September 28, 2023
  • Leandro appeal takes step closer to NC Supreme Court return
    September 28, 2023
Current Print Issue
The Whole State. The Whole Story.
Contact Us
Home
News
Subscribe
Site Map
Follow on Facebook

© 2022 — North State Media LLC