RALEIGH - North Carolina's State Health Plan Board of Trustees approved a funding adjustment Tuesday that the Treasurer's Office described as $400 million to address the plan's immediate cash needs.
RALEIGH - Atrium Health and North Carolina's State Health Plan have signed a new agreement that will put all remaining Atrium hospitals and physicians in the plan's Access tier for 2027.
RALEIGH - A North Carolina Business Court judge denied the State Health Plan’s emergency request to temporarily block Atrium Health’s new cost-sharing program, leaving the program on track to begin Jan. 1 while the underlying lawsuit continues.
RALEIGH - The North Carolina State Health Plan and Treasurer Brad Briner have sued Atrium Health, asking a Wake County judge to block a new cost-sharing program before 2027 open enrollment.
RALEIGH - North Carolina's Local Government Commission voted to take financial control of Ronda and Rowland after state officials said both towns remained in serious fiscal trouble.
Twelve Atrium Health hospitals and associated clinics will enter the State Health Plan’s Access tier beginning Jan. 1.
North Carolina’s Local Government Commission will apply its financial-oversight criteria more consistently to larger governments, including Cary, Greensboro, Rocky Mount and Zebulon.
The Local Government Commission (LGC) approved Resolutions of Notice and Warning for the towns of Ronda (Wilkes County) and Rowland (Robeson County) following persistent financial management and statutory compliance concerns.
North Carolina’s investment authority reported more than $219 billion under management, including $150 billion in state retirement assets.
The State Health Plan says Atrium Health did not participate in its preferred-network contracting process, but discussions may continue before the 2027 network takes effect.
Duke Health will join the State Health Plan’s new Access Provider tier in 2027, maintaining current or lower member costs for care through the health system.
North Carolina's State Health Plan approved Blue Cross NC contracts, preferred provider agreements and new 2027 benefit and network changes.
