March to Medicaid Managed Care Switch Looking Rocky
No one said it would be easy to move 1.6 million Medicaid recipients away from the existing fee-for-service system that’s…
Category: Health Improvement in North Carolina
Why North Carolina Might be the Most Innovative Health Care State in America
Two top Obamacare officials spent years in their Washington offices, right next door for a time, thinking about how to…
Business Leaders, Conservatives Across State Warm to Medicaid Expansion
In private, and increasingly in public, some are making their support for House Bill 655, which would allow for Medicaid…
Leadership Profile: 3-Questions with Beaufort County’s Anthony Tyre
Anthony Tyre had a busy summer. He started a Ph.D. program for addiction and substance misuse treatment at East Carolina…
Tackling Substance Misuse with Data Mapping
Six Healthy Places NC counties have identified substance misuse as a critical health issue in their communities. To support counties…
From the Trust: Closing the Coverage Gap
A theme running through Healthy Places communities’ work on substance misuse is the need for equitable access to care and…
Investing in Equitable Access to Care
There’s much to be done to achieve Mrs. Reynolds’ goal of improving the quality of life and health of residents…
Laura Gerald and Susan Fitzgibbon Shumaker: Medicaid Expansion Would Be a Lifesaver and Job Creator
North Carolina is facing alarming health challenges. The opioid epidemic is still raging. Steep racial disparities are driving unacceptable differences…