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NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul rural health systems

North Carolina Health NewsDecember 1, 2025 By Jaymie Baxley  North Carolina is seeking $1 billion from the federal government for a wide-ranging plan that could reshape rural health care across the state. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services hopes to secure the funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program, an initiative created under […]

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HCA reaches settlement agreement in North Carolina antitrust lawsuit

From Becker’s Hospital Review: August 13, 2025Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health and its owner, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, have settled a lawsuit filed by several North Carolina counties and municipalities alleging anticompetitive practices. As part of the agreement, Mission Health will donate $1 million to a new charity fund that will be created to provide healthcare

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NCBCH Announces Winners of the 4th Annual Culture of Wellbeing Awards

March 27, 2025 Greensboro, NC — The North Carolina Business Coalition on Health (NCBCH) proudly announced the winners of its 4th Annual Culture of Wellbeing Awards during the NCBCH Spring Forum held last week in Greensboro, North Carolina.​ This year’s award recipients exemplify excellence in workplace wellness and employee wellbeing. Reynolds American, Inc. was recognized

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In NC attorney general suit against HCA Healthcare, judge dismisses counterclaims

December 10 from Asheville Citizen Times‘ Jacob Boba: In a Dec. 6 ruling, a North Carolina Business Court judge dismissed counterclaims HCA Healthcare filed in response to N.C. Attorney Josh Stein’s lawsuit against the Nashville-based for-profit health system. Stein, North Carolina’s incoming governor, sued HCA in December 2023 alleging HCA breached the terms of its 2019 acquisition of Mission

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CMS Approves North Carolina’s Medical Debt Relief Program

MONDAY, JULY 1, 2024 RALEIGH Millions of low- and middle- income North Carolinians are one step closer to medical debt relief. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved on Friday, July 26 Governor Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services’ plan to use the state’s Medicaid program to incentivize hospitals

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