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map showing arrangement of local mental health managed care organizations in North Carolina as of 2023. Now that some entities are merged, the state health department is conducting audits of the now-defunct organizations.

DHHS audit of mental health agency finds millions in payments to executives, law firm ahead of merger

by Rose Hoban July 8, 2024December 18, 2024

A photo illustration showing a stethoscope, calculator and medical bill

North Carolina unveils plan to incentivize hospitals to forgive medical debt and beef up charity care

by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger July 1, 2024December 11, 2024

Several freight trains sit on the railroad tracks at the Amtrak train station in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Deaths on the railroad tracks can torment train engineers

by Emily Vespa June 24, 2024June 23, 2024

Shows a hot sun, something seen more frequently in a time of climate change and extreme heat

Environmental Health

This week’s heat could be deadly for some North Carolinians

by Rose Hoban and Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

shows a woman who waited at a freestanding ER for hours after experiencing a ruptuired blood vessel in her brain. She's healthy in this photo, looking at the camera and smiling as she holds a little boy who's playing with a stuffed banana.

New freestanding ERs: faster care, but it can cost you

by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger May 13, 2024June 18, 2024

With medical debt burdening millions, a financial regulator steps in to help

by KFF Health News March 9, 2024December 11, 2024