North Carolina news and information

Community Care of North Carolina, a not-for-profit agency that runs the state's much heralded Medicaid medical home program, is coming under scrutiny after a state auditor report found that the program was falling...
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A federal judge allowed North Carolina's WakeMed Health and Hospitals to take an unusual deal to avoid a criminal trial because the risk of closing down a Raleigh, N.C., hospital is too perilous for patients and workers.
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A federal judge is allowing North Carolina's WakeMed Health and Hospitals to take an unusual deal to avoid a criminal trial because the risk of closing down a Raleigh, N.C., hospital is too perilous for patients and workers.
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BATON ROUGE, La.—Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration scrapped plans to shutter Louisiana's Medicaid hospice program in February. Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced the reversal as hospice program supporters were gathering for a candlelight vigil on the state...
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If you’re considering hernia repair surgery, you might want to check your smartphone. Dr. Todd Heniford, a Carolinas Medical Center surgeon, and his colleagues have developed a free app to help hernia patients decide whether they will benefit from surgery.
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A federal judge has put a temporary hold on a settlement that would bring to a close the government's first-ever attempt to criminally penalize a major hospital system for making false statements to rip off Medicare.
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Regarding “WakeMed to seek judge's OK on deferred prosecution": Yes, why were no living, breathing “people” on trial here? There absolutely were human beings that directed this grand larceny and others who executed it.
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North Carolina's WakeMed Health and Hospitals will ask a judge today to approve a settlement that includes an agreement to avoid criminal prosecution.
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Duke LifePoint marked the start of an aggressive, nationwide expansion strategy for the two-year-old joint venture when it inked a deal to acquire a hospital on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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The Georgia Hospital Association promoted Earl Rogers to president and CEO to replace longtime leader Joseph Parker. Parker, who has served as the GHA's president and CEO since 1986, announced his retirement last July. Rogers, 59, will step into the role July 1. He currently serves as...
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