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Managing expectations | Tarwater talks Medicaid expansion, initiatives
By Maureen McKinney | May 18, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Editor's note: As CEO of Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, N.C., Michael Tarwater leads one of the largest public hospital systems in the U.S. and faces carrying out its mission in two states that have shunned the coverage expansions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. With...
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Some N.C. hospitals see drop in income; cite EHR system
By Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal | May 14, 2013
Two North Carolina hospitals recently reported operating losses that they say are attributable in part to projected revenue that has been delayed related to problems rolling out their version of the Epic EHR system, particularly with billing, procedure coding and collections.
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Medical software firm Allscripts plans 350 N.C. jobs
By Associated Press via Atlanta Journal Constitution | May 09, 2013
Medical software company Allscripts Healthcare Solutions plans to hire another 350 workers in North Carolina's Research Triangle region over the next 4˝ years to expand its research and development work, chief executive Paul Black said Wednesday.
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In wake of slogan debacle, CaroMont fires CEO
By Rachel Landen | April 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
CaroMont Health in Gastonia, N.C., has fired its president and CEO, Randall Kelley.The decision to release Kelley comes in the wake of a controversial rebranding campaign that proposed changing the name of Gaston Memorial Hospital to CaroMont Regional Medical Center and adopting the slogan...
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Outliers: New slogan dies quick death
By Modern Healthcare | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
CaroMont Health has decided it doesn't want to “Cheat death” anymore. Seems the hospital organization in Gastonia, N.C., wasn't anticipating the negative reaction that greeted its new tagline this month.
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Survey finds industry lagging on move to ICD-10
By Joseph Conn | April 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Even with a year's grace period, many providers, payers and health information technology vendors are still running behind schedule for the massive conversion next year to ICD-10 codes.
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McCrory offers plan to privatize N.C. Medicaid risk
By Associated Press | April 03, 2013
North Carolina's $13 billion Medicaid program needs a big dose of private competition that will come from paying a handful of statewide managed-care providers to deliver medical, mental, and dental care to the elderly and disabled for a stable cost, Gov. Pat McCrory said Wednesday.
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N.C. nurse anesthetists battle bill to put doc supervision requirements into law
By Charlotte (N.C.) Observer | March 22, 2013
Nurse anesthetists from across the state packed a hearing room at the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday to show their dislike of a bill that calls for a physician to formally supervise their work.
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Regional News/South: Christus Health to run Chilean university's health network, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
IRVING, Texas—Christus Health, a Catholic not-for-profit health system, announced that it plans to enter into a joint venture with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a Chilean university owned by the Catholic Church. The memorandum of understanding signed by the two provides for...
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N.C. governor opposes state run health exchange
By Associated Press | February 12, 2013
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says he does not think the state is ready to run health exchanges called for in the Affordable Care Act.
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