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On January 4, 2013, [25] North Carolina Governor-elect Pat McCrory swore in Aldona Wos as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. [25] At the time, NCDHHS had around 18,000 employees and a budget of around $18 billion. [26] Wos declined her $128,000 salary and was instead paid a token $1. [27]
Each area authority or county program in North Carolina establishes a Local CFAC to be a self‑governing and self‑directed organization. Local CFACs provide advice regarding the planning and management of the public mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services. [1] [2]
NC DHHS reports that based on the pilot 1915 (b)(c) Waiver Program results to date, "North Carolina has demonstrated that the State can provide quality mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services through private and public sector cooperation and at a lesser or comparable cost than fee-for-service program costs for ...
A first-of-its-kind plan to tackle hospital debt in North Carolina raises questions: Will it improve lives without increasing hospital costs?
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday he would let the state budget bill that's now reached his desk become law without his signature, opening the way for Medicaid coverage for 600,000 ...
State senators took another stab at legalizing medical marijuana in NC, this time by adding new language to a bill that would regulate hemp and ban these other drugs.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) proposed the initial set of guidelines for the establishment of ACOs under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (PPACA Section 3201) on March 31, 2011. These guidelines stipulate the necessary steps that physician, hospital and other health care provider groups must complete to become an ACO.
The counties’ child welfare systems are under state supervision with one under full control of the state following an 8-year-old child’s death. Learn more details on these counties’ cases.