Eastern Band of the Cherokee

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Mission Hospital purchase drives change for multiple local health foundations in WNC

August 21, 2019 by Carolina Public Press

Mission Hospital purchase drives change for multiple local health foundations in WNC - North Carolina Health News

A group of western hospital foundations, faced with a changed financial and legal landscape, double down on addressing social determinants of health problems in their communities.

By Neil Cotiaux Carolina Public Press When HCA Healthcare purchased nonprofit Mission Health, the rules of charitable giving in communities across Western North Carolina changed. With a for-profit owner running medical facilities, the foundations that raised funds from donors to support the local hospitals that had become part of Mission Health over time could no […]

The 155-square-foot Cherokee Indian Hospital is scheduled to open next week. Photo credit: Taylor Sisk

How the Eastern Cherokee took control of their health care

August 16, 2019 by Kaiser Health News

How the Eastern Cherokee took control of their health care - North Carolina Health News

Casino profits have allowed the North Carolina tribe to opt out of the national Indian Health Service, and helped them create model health care in WNC.

By Katja Ridderbusch Kaiser Health News Light pours through large windows and glass ceilings of the Cherokee Indian Hospital onto a fireplace, a waterfall and murals. Rattlesnake Mountain, which the Cherokee elders say holds ancient healing powers, is visible from most angles. The hospital’s motto — “Ni hi tsa tse li” or “It belongs to […]

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Federal shutdown starting to leave mark in NC

January 16, 2019 by Sarah Ovaska

Federal shutdown starting to leave mark in NC - North Carolina Health News

As the shutdown stretches into its fourth week, health care and social service agencies are starting to see significant effects.

By Sarah Ovaska-Few Four weeks into the federal government shutdown, Rochelle Poe is distraught, unable to pay the January rent for her Raleigh townhome and facing possible eviction. Poe, a 20-year employee and mortgage underwriter for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says the threat of eviction over her $1,092 overdue rent has made it difficult […]

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Medicaid Changes Get Thumbs Up, as State Pushes Forward with Managed Care

October 26, 2018 by Sarah Ovaska

Medicaid Changes Get Thumbs Up, as State Pushes Forward with Managed Care - North Carolina Health News

The plan includes looking hard at social problems that keep people from being healthy and integrates solutions to those problems into plans.

By Sarah Ovaska-Few North Carolina’s Medicaid overhaul cleared a major hurdle this week with the federal government giving an official nod to plans to switch to a managed-care system. Approval by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in what’s known as a Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver means the N.C. Department of Health and […]

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Dogwood Health Trust Will Face Challenges Serving Diverse Western N.C. Counties

August 31, 2018 by Mark Tosczak

Dogwood Health Trust Will Face Challenges Serving Diverse Western N.C. Counties - North Carolina Health News

Experts say the foundation will have to be careful and strategic to serve prosperous Asheville along with struggling rural communities.

By Mark Tosczak If all goes as planned, a newly formed foundation, the Dogwood Health Trust, will receive the proceeds of Mission Health’s sale to for-profit hospital operator HCA sometime later this year or in early 2019. That money, as much as $2 billion, will be used to fund $50 million to $100 million in […]

Restoring a Native Food Web

December 30, 2016 by Catherine Clabby

Restoring a Native Food Web - North Carolina Health News

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are using research and new partnerships to expand access to wild foods at the heart of their culture. This week, NC Health News brings you some of best stories of 2016. Enjoy! By Catherine Clabby On an Appalachian Mountains slope coated with trees and low plants, Tommy Cabe got […]

Partnership Aids First-time Moms in Hard-hit Robeson County

December 5, 2016 by Thomas Goldsmith

Partnership Aids First-time Moms in Hard-hit Robeson County - North Carolina Health News

A program targeting first-time mothers and their infants chips away at the poor outcomes for children experienced in Robeson County.

By Thomas Goldsmith Stephanie Chase has worked for Robeson County’s Nurse-Family Partnership long enough to see a group of mothers and babies “graduate.” Chase, a nurse from Lumberton, has worked for two-and-a-half years as part of a network of registered nurses in Robeson and Columbus counties, part of the national Nurse-Family Partnership effort. Nurses in […]

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Mending a Native Food Web

October 10, 2016 by Catherine Clabby

Mending a Native Food Web - North Carolina Health News

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are using research and new partnerships to expand access to wild foods at the heart of their culture.

By Catherine Clabby On an Appalachian Mountains slope coated with trees and low plants, Tommy Cabe got on his knees to look for shiny black seeds inside a late-season ramp patch. “Here there are five seedpods but no seeds,” the forest resource specialist for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians pronounced, adding quickly, “Here’s one!” […]

The main entrance to the new Cherokee Indian Hospital, called “The Basket,” is modeled on the work of a local artist. Photo credit: Taylor Sisk

CEO of New Cherokee Hospital Reflects Back, Looks Forward

November 9, 2015 by Editor

CEO of New Cherokee Hospital Reflects Back, Looks Forward - North Carolina Health News

As the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians prepare to open the doors of a new hospital, CEO Casey Cooper reflects on the evolution of health care on the Qualla Boundary and his aspirations for advancing it. By Taylor Sisk On Oct. 15, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians snipped the ribbon on their $82 […]

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Eastern Band of Cherokees Unveil Their New Hospital

October 19, 2015 by Editor

Eastern Band of Cherokees Unveil Their New Hospital - North Carolina Health News

The Cherokee community welcomed guests last Thursday to the ribbon-cutting of their state-of-the-art 155-000-square-foot health care facility. By Taylor Sisk Jerry Wolfe has spent the vast majority of his 91 years within shouting distance of Rattlesnake Mountain. The mountain keeps watch over the Cherokee village, hub of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians’ Qualla […]

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