Health Affairs

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Will COVID-19 help move primary care physicians away from the fee-for-service model?

August 19, 2020 by Rose Hoban

Will COVID-19 help move primary care physicians away from the fee-for-service model? - North Carolina Health News

The “medical MacGyvering” that took place early in the pandemic wasn’t limited to emergency physicians jerry-rigging personal protective equipment or ICU docs using FaceTime to connect patients to families. Small primary care practices also pivoted hard, but it’s come at a cost.

By Rose Hoban When Karen Smith went to Jamaica in March, she planned a working vacation. The Hoke County primary care doctor, whose practice thrives with about 3,000 patients, was in the island country to do some medical mission work when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported there. She’s a little unclear on the […]

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Legislative mini-session produces little movement on health care issues, despite new call for Medicaid expansion

January 16, 2020 by Rose Hoban

Legislative mini-session produces little movement on health care issues, despite new call for Medicaid expansion - North Carolina Health News

An unlikely coalition of business people, law enforcement and local officials - all conservative - came together Wednesday to criticize the legislature for missing the opportunity to act on Medicaid.

By Rose Hoban By the time he reached Raleigh after six hours of driving, Dale Wiggins was angry that the lawmakers he was coming to see had already skipped town. Wiggins, the chair of the Graham County Board of Commissioners, came to Raleigh Tuesday to speak to legislators about enacting Medicaid expansion. But by the […]

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Special Report: What happens when a state expands Medicaid?

April 1, 2019 by Rose Hoban

Special Report: What happens when a state expands Medicaid? - North Carolina Health News

We’ve written about the political battles surrounding Medicaid expansion in North Carolina for years. To cut through the political spin, this year we reached out to other states to ask what they experienced.

By Rose Hoban Medicaid expansion has the potential to add thousands of health care jobs to the North Carolina landscape, expand opportunities for care to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians, and bolster the fortunes of smaller, rural hospitals. While at first, providers might be strained by the addition of these new patients to the […]

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Insurance Signups Surprisingly Strong, Yet Number of Uninsured Creeps Up

December 21, 2018 by Rose Hoban

Insurance Signups Surprisingly Strong, Yet Number of Uninsured Creeps Up - North Carolina Health News

Signups on the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace surged in the last week of enrollment, but that strong showing masks some reductions in coverage.

By Rose Hoban It seemed like this year’s Affordable Care Act open enrollment was going to be lackluster, after all, at the end of six weeks of the online marketplace being open, only 236,693 North Carolinians had signed up for health insurance coverage, less than 50 percent of last year’s total. But the last week […]

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