NC Health News

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Though HCA made improvements to the western North Carolina health care system, according to the Wake Forest University report, many were already planned or required by then-Attorney General Josh Stein as part of the terms of the sale. [I]t

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press When was the last time you knew the full cost of a medical procedure before going under? Hospital price transparency has been enforced by the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services since 2021, but whether the law is functioning as intended is a topic of heated debate.

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The Health Care Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. These systems demonstrated that they are capable of producing, rapidly and on demand, demonstrable social benefit.

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KFF Health News

APRIL 9, 2025

Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Walker, 65 and with chronic high blood pressure, was brought in by one of rural Greene County’s two working ambulances. The Greene County Health System, with only three doctors, has no intensive care unit or surgical services. EUTAW, Ala. Then: Beep.

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