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WEBSep 11, 2024 · More than half of Mission’s remaining staff neurologists say they are resigning, citing burnout, ‘nausea and fury’ By Andrew R. Jones Asheville Watchdog Three staff neurologists are leaving Mission Hospital by the end of September, potentially leaving only two to provide critical care to hundreds of patients at the Asheville flagship hospital and across western North Carolina, including ...
Answers to questions about Medicaid expansion - NC Health News
WEBDec 1, 2023 · Medicaid generally takes about 45 days to kick in, but its benefits can be applied retroactively. So, if someone goes to the hospital on Dec. 2, but they don’t receive a Medicaid card until mid-January, the hospital can bill the state for their care. In a recent interview with NC Health News, Kody Kinsley, head of DHHS, said Medicaid will pay ...
Changes needed to fix NC's mental health crisis | NC Health News
WEBAug 23, 2022 · By Taylor Knopf. Decades ago, North Carolina legislators sought to change the way mental health care is delivered. They closed psychiatric hospitals arguing that patients would be better treated in the community, in less restrictive settings. Mental health experts agreed that the deinstitutionalization of mental health — a movement taking ...
Annual County Health Rankings report starts conversations across …
WEBJun 1, 2022 · Additionally, the average childcare cost burden, which is defined as the percentage of household income needed to pay for childcare, is 29 percent in North Carolina.
An alternative to the psych hospital, run by people in mental …
WEBAug 18, 2021 · A mental health agency in Charlotte run by people with lived experience opens North Carolina’s first peer-run respite center as an alternative to landing in the emergency room for mental health issues. by Taylor Knopf August 18, 2021. Founder and CEO of Promise Resource Network Cherene Allen-Caraco smiles at PRN peer support specialist Aaron ...
COVID-19: What's happening in NC? - North Carolina Health News
WEBNov 23, 2021 · More than 3,600 N.C. children are coping with the death of a caregiver due to the pandemic. Researchers estimate that more than 3,600 children have lost caregivers in North Carolina due to the COVID-19 pandemic. by Education NC January 8, 2022.
After tragedy, families want stronger Good Samaritan law - NC …
WEBMay 12, 2021 · After overdose deaths, families ask lawmakers to reduce penalties for calling 911. Randy Abbott holds up a photo of his daughter Vanessa who was left by friends after she overdosed in 2015. She was eventually found dead. Abbot said that his daughter would be alive if the state had had a Good Samaritan law …
Medical marijuana legislation could put NC in the green - NC …
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Medical marijuana is legal in 36 states and Washington, D.C., and recreational marijuana is legal in 18, according to Insider, putting North Carolina in the minority of states where weed is not legal in any capacity, even as its northern neighbor, Virginia made plans to legalize up to an ounce of recreational marijuana in three years.
A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that over the last year, the crisis grew even worse. More than 100,000 people across the country died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. Over that period, the nationwide overdose death rate rose 27 percent. In North Carolina, it grew by 37 percent.
North Carolina lags in shrinking inequalities in access to care
WEBFeb 7, 2020 · By Yen Duong. Two documents from the past month reflect the state of racial disparities in access to health care in North Carolina. A new report from the Commonwealth Fund, a health care policy nonprofit, showed that racial disparities in access to health care across the country have shrunk since the Affordable Care Act was implemented in 2014.. But that reduction in disparities is unevenly ...