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MedicaidNC Medicaid gap fix given final legislative OKSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:47pm.READ MORE: Proposal unveiled to close NC Medicaid shortfallSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 1:23pm.READ MORE: NC deadline for personal care services pushed backSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:43am.READ MORE: Looming deadline could force thousands from assisted living facilitiesSubmitted by Marcy Cuevas on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 4:38pm.READ MORE: 
A deadline is looming that could force thousands of people living in adult care homes out on the streets. North Carolina has until April 30 to come up with a new way to distribute Medicaid payments to people living in group homes and private homes.
Full story...NC Medicaid contract scrutinized by auditorsSubmitted by WWAY on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:13pm.READ MORE:
State auditors are questioning how a contract to overhaul and operate the claims processing system for North Carolina's Medicaid program became bogged down with cost overruns and a nearly two-year delay.
Full story... » Judge blocks NC personal care service rulesSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 3:37pm.READ MORE: NC Medicaid shortfall debated by legislatorsSubmitted by WWAY on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 4:43pm.READ MORE:
A Republican budget-writer says he doesn't envision large reimbursement rate cuts for doctors or eliminating optional medical services for North Carolina Medicaid patients to help close a projected $140 million shortfall this year.
Full story... » NC misses mental illness deadlineSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 2:09pm.READ MORE:
North Carolina officials have missed a federal deadline for dealing with thousands of people with mental illness who live in adult care homes. And it has advocates worried patients may have nowhere to go besides emergency rooms, shelters or the street.
Full story... » School counselor charged with murder faces federal chargesSubmitted by WWAY on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:54am.READ MORE: NC Medicaid committee hears options for extra cutsSubmitted by WWAY on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 12:27pm.READ MORE: NC Medicaid committee hears options for cutsSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 7:31am.READ MORE:
North Carolina's Medicaid agency is
unveiling its ideas for about cutting payments to doctors and
services for patients.
Full story... » NC woman lobbies DC against Medicaid budget cutsSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:02am.READ MORE:
A North Carolina woman is hoping to lobby
President Obama and Congress away from considering cuts to the
Medicaid program that pays health care costs for the poor and
disabled.
Full story... » NC advocates sue for people with disabilitiesSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 7:15am.READ MORE:
North Carolina advocates for patients with
developmental disabilities say more than 600 children and adults
are losing critical Medicaid services because of how a managed care
provider in the southern Piedmont is calculating levels of need.
Full story... » Medicaid 'optional' services may be trimmed in NCSubmitted by WWAY on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 12:16pm.READ MORE:
North Carolina's Medicaid recipients could see some of the services they've grown accustomed to no longer covered.
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