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Author Archives: Mark Tosczak

Mark Tosczak has worked as a writer and communications professional for more than 20 years, including stints as a newspaper reporter and editor, think tank communications director, marketing agency vice president and PR consultant. He has a bachelor’s degree in English from N.C. State University and an MBA from Elon University.

photo of Mission Hospital taken from the air (or perhaps a hillside) showing the hospital complex in the distance, surrounded by mountains, trees
Posted inHospitals

Pending Mission Sale to HCA Raising Questions and Concerns in Western NC

by Mark Tosczak July 26, 2018April 14, 2021
Shows mission hospital sign
Posted inHospitals

How Did Mission’s Non-Profit Leaders Choose to Dance With the Huge For-Profit HCA

by Mark Tosczak July 25, 2018April 14, 2021
shows the back of a police officer, with handcuffs visibly prominent
Posted inHealthcare Workers

N.C. Pain Clinics Change Hands as Part of a Recent Series of Health Care Fraud Cases

by Mark Tosczak July 9, 2018July 19, 2018
aerial photo of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center with winston-Salem in the background. Researchers at the hospital created a device that may eventually be used as treatment for liver cancer.
Posted inHospitals

Federal Agency: Wake Forest Baptist “now in compliance with Medicare”

by Mark Tosczak June 18, 2018April 14, 2021
looking through a door, we see a man bent over another person's hand.
Posted inHealth Insurance

N.C. Legislation Could Open Door for Unregulated Health Plans

by Mark Tosczak June 14, 2018November 7, 2018
shows a cabbage field extending off into the distance. Farmers are some of the people who could benefit from association health plans
Posted inRural Health

N.C. Organizations Worry, Hope as Feds Rewrite Association Health Plan Rules

by Mark Tosczak June 6, 2018April 14, 2021

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