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Answers to questions about Medicaid expansion - NC Health News
WEBDec 1, 2023 · Medicaid generally takes about 45 days to kick in, but its benefits can be applied retroactively. So, if someone goes to the hospital on Dec. 2, but they don’t receive a Medicaid card until mid-January, the hospital can bill the state for their care. In a recent interview with NC Health News, Kody Kinsley, head of DHHS, said Medicaid will pay ...
A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that over the last year, the crisis grew even worse. More than 100,000 people across the country died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. Over that period, the nationwide overdose death rate rose 27 percent. In North Carolina, it grew by 37 percent.
In the world of nicotine products, Zyn is in | NC Health News
WEBAug 5, 2024 · A can of 15 Zyn pouches is sold for about $5. Though nicotine pouch sales shot up 641 percent between 2019 to 2022, few U.S. adults use them, a new study shows. In a nationally representative sample of about 39,000 adults, researchers found just 2.9 percent had used nicotine pouches. Some experts fear that teens are …
Medical marijuana legislation could put NC in the green - NC …
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Medical marijuana is legal in 36 states and Washington, D.C., and recreational marijuana is legal in 18, according to Insider, putting North Carolina in the minority of states where weed is not legal in any capacity, even as its northern neighbor, Virginia made plans to legalize up to an ounce of recreational marijuana in three years.
What you need to know about Medicaid expansion - NC Health …
WEBAug 7, 2023 · The Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program, a time-sensitive provision of the expansion bill that will increase the rate of reimbursement for hospitals serving Medicaid patients, must launch alongside expansion. If it doesn’t, the state could lose up to $60 million in federal funding. The $1.6 billion federal bonus for implementing ...
Changes needed to fix NC's mental health crisis | NC Health News
WEBAug 23, 2022 · Big changes are needed to turn the tide of North Carolina’s mental health crisis, health leaders say. For North Carolinians to have affordable access to readily available mental health services, health leaders say a cascade of changes need to take place from Medicaid expansion to higher reimbursement …
NC dental hygienists gain new freedoms - North Carolina Health …
WEBJan 23, 2020 · NC dentists and dental hygienists have been in a long tug-of-war over practice limits. Hygienists just gained a bit of ground. New scope of practice rules mean dental hygienists will be freer to practice without dentists present. Dentists were OK with the changes. by Anne Blythe January 23, 2020. Photo credit: Rose Hoban.
Consolidation to reshape mental health system - NC Health News
WEBDec 20, 2023 · By Jaymie Baxley. Two state-funded businesses that manage behavioral health services for low-income residents say they will consolidate to create a single organization to serve 46 counties across eastern North Carolina. Trillium Health Resources will take control of Eastpointe Human Services under the agreement, which was signed Saturday by the ...
Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
WEBAug 10, 2021 · Here’s how to access the verification if you got vaccinated at a local health department, at a mass vaccination site that was run by the state’s DHHS. Step One: Go to the NCDHHS COVID-19 Vaccine Portal. The vaccine portal can be accessed at: https://covid-vaccine-portal.ncdhhs.gov. Step Two: Sign in using your login information.
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