As another year draws to a close, a year of Democratic resurgence in both national and local politics, I offer this challenge to incumbent and newly elected lawmakers alike
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the unanimous passage of the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act, bipartisan legislation that would, for the first time, create a public health infrastructure across the country to combat Alzheimer's disease
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 2:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released a spending report showing that the rate of health care spending growth slowed for the second straight year
Published: Thursday, December 13th, 2018 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will work every day to ensure all Americans have access to the quality, affordable medication they need and they deserve.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2018 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The United States health care system is a unique, complex web of consumers, providers, and payers. And it is expensive
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently released federal data shows that a partnership between ECU and Vidant Health made significant improvements in the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries while still achieving significant cost savings last year
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 2:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is about to undertake the greatest revolution in healthcare since the 1965 advent of Medicaid and Medicare
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 @ 7:23 am
By: Tom Campbell
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"Whoever thought I was going to live so long," my 96 year old mother asked? She isn't alone
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2018 @ 1:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Medicare and Social Security, along with Medicaid, represent a majority of the federal budget each year, and represent mandatory spending
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 6:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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"Human advancement is not a mere question of almsgiving, but rather of sympathy and cooperation among classes who would scorn charity," writes W.E.B. DuBois in The Souls of Black Folk
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2018 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Medical Center was included in a nationwide audit on the use of specific diagnostic codes (261 and 262) which, when added to a Medicare claim, usually results in a higher Medicare payment.
Published: Friday, April 21st, 2017 @ 3:31 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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During a March 27 talk at North Carolina State University, Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett told the assembled faculty, students, and other members of the audience that many of his allies on the political Right were wrong
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2017 @ 9:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"There is a date certain" when Social Security and Medicare trust funds will be empty, and Millennials and the members of Generation X will be left to pick up the pieces, one of the nation’s leading economists says
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 12:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Durham orthopedic surgeon argues that the State Health Plan for public employees wastes a quarter-billion dollars annually because North Carolina's certificate-of-need laws force patients to use hospital-based facilities instead of physician-operated outpatient surgery clinics.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In July the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for over 3,500 hospitals nationwide.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 @ 5:37 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the 2015 performance year results for the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model that show physicians, hospitals and health care providers participating in Accountable Care Organization
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 @ 8:59 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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State health officials announced today that the state- and Medicaid-funded Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations providing mental health, intellectual and developmental disability and substance use services to North Carolina citizens will be consolidating into four service regions
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 11:48 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Vidant Home Health and Hospice received five stars for patient experience for home health care through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2016 @ 1:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We've talked for decades about healthcare reform but the only significant attempt to change the skyrocketing costs of health insurance, escalating pharmaceutical costs and deepening dissatisfaction has been Obamacare.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 11:22 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Summary: Start talking to Seniors about Medicare before you retire. Trial and error experience is easier to absorb than reading information provided by government.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:34 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Draft legislation reviewed on Monday by the Program Evaluation Oversight Committee would require the State Health Plan to shift all Medicare-eligible retirees to Medicare Advantage plans.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Health policy doesn't exactly rank high on the summer reading bucket list. Let's be real - for most people, it's not all that fitting for the beach, and it surely doesn't pair well with red wine during a gossipy book-club meeting.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Home Health And Hospice Earns 4.5 Star Rating From Centers For Medicare And Medicaid ServicesThe home health portion of Vidant Home Health and Hospice has earned 4.5 stars for Home Health Quality of Patient Care through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Patients are admitted to home health with a referral from their doctor often after illness, injury or surgery, to...
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 9:57 pm
By: Vicky Austin
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On Tuesday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a 15-member panel created through Obamacare to cut Medicare payments.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 2:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The date for ICD-10 implementation is October 1, 2015, which is just around the corner. All indications are that implementation will not be delayed yet again, so please - get ready to transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 @ 6:58 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) submitted a letter to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today seeking voluntarily withdrawal of the inpatient treatment beds at Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center from participation in t
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 12:28 am
By: Chris Downey
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Have you been eating right? Getting enough exercise? How far away are you from your ideal weight?
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NCTracks, the claims payment system implemented by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on July 1, 2013, has earned certification by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Last week, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce sponsored a health care breakfast panel where three North Carolina hospital CEOs talked about how competition brings out the best in their health systems. Competition is healthy. Competition is a beautiful thing.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Barry Obama likes it. Renee Ellmers likes it. John Boehner LOVES IT. So does Nancy Pelosi. (We should ALL be worried.)
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Recent media reports of declining revenue, lagging patient volume and reduced operating surplus have not slowed Vidant Health from plunging ahead with plans for numerous acquisitions, mergers and/or joint ventures, but to accomplish these goals Vidant needs an infusion of capital.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 4:13 am
By: Betty Murphy
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In December, 2014 the Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final assessments of medical data for two of the programs within the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 3:25 am
By: Betty Murphy
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President Obama's most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that while Republicans need his signature "to arrest America's coming fiscal crackup," they're "unlikely to get even the back of his hand."
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 11:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Progressives everywhere are calling for an increase in the minimum wage. (For a look at the progressive movement's historical support for the minimum wage see this article.) The amount of the increase depends on who is calling for it. President Obama wants a 40 percent hike from the current...
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 8:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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