State, Feds Move to Increase Hospital Price Transparency
By coincidence, a proposed N.C. bill to increase hospital transparency moves through committee on the same day the federal government..
Medicare
Death Rates Rise At Geographically Isolated Hospitals, Study Finds
Despite extra help for rural hospitals from Medicare, rural hospitals appear to be slipping behind in the quality of care they provide. By..
Faces of Sequestration: Meals-On-Wheels Sees Funds Drop
Now that the sequester cuts are starting to take effect, health care and social service providers are waiting for the other shoe to drop...
Medical Research, FDA And Mental Health Programs Face Budget Bite
The cuts mandated by sequestration will hit medical funding and research in places where cuts have been happening already for years. By..
Fact/Fiction: Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age Would Save the Program Money
by Donald Sjoerdsma / The Medicare Newsgroup The Sound Bite: Deficit hawks have long argued that raising the Medicare eligibility age is a..
Healthcare Leaders React to Legislators’ Stance on Obamacare
Hospitals, advocates and people involved with the insurance industry disagree with legislators’ decision to reject aspects of the..
Wilmington Group to be NC’s Next ACO
By Rose Hoban About 13,000 Medicare patients in the southeastern part of North Carolina will be taking part of one the country’s..
Still a Few Days Left for Seniors to Review, Change Medicare Drug Plans
Every year, Medicare gives beneficiaries time to change their medical and drug plans. Advocates say seniors should compare plans, because..
NC Congressional Candidates Answer Questions on Health Policy: Districts 10 – 13
Our reporters spent several weeks calling and emailing all of NC’s Congressional candidates to ask the same three questions on health..
NC Congressional Candidates Answer Questions on Health Policy: Districts 5 – 9
Our reporters spent several weeks calling and emailing all of NC’s Congressional candidates to ask the same three questions on health..
