The governor's office held a Fayetteville roundtable on federal Medicaid cuts. It says more than 250,000 North Carolinians are at risk of losing coverage.
North Carolina Health News reported that NCDHHS had not told the three network leads which Healthy Opportunities services the $25 million restart would fund, or when.
North Carolina's health and IT departments opened the Rural Health Innovation Fund to primary care providers, federally qualified health centers and community health centers.
NC Health News reported that PATCH-NC will help family physicians at rural community health centers offer prenatal and postpartum care. The Leon Levine Foundation is funding it with $2.8 million over three years.
NC Health News reported state figures showing more than 66,800 documented noncitizens enrolled in NC Medicaid at the end of August 2026. About 32% were children, pregnant women or members of other groups exempt from the new federal rule.
NC Medicaid announced that, beginning November 1, 2026, pharmacy claims for controlled substances will be denied if the prescriber does not have an active DEA certification on their NCTracks provider enrollment record.
On September 11, 2026, North Carolina and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a joint motion asking the federal court to end oversight of the Transitions to Community Living settlement. The settlement had been set to end in July 2027.
Governor Stein and NCDHHS announced $1.25 million in federal North Carolina Rural Health Transformation Program funding to expand school-based health centers in rural areas with few mental or physical health providers.
NCDHHS announced three SAMHSA grants. The first is $5.2 million to improve how the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline responds to calls, chats and texts and to serve high-risk groups better.
NCDHHS launched a "Know What's Next" public toolkit stating that "approximately 740,000 of our neighbors in North Carolina" are affected by coming Medicaid changes, and it separates two dates that are easy to collapse into one.
Manatt Health's July 16 primary analysis models North Carolina's average annual Medicaid enrollment reduction over federal fiscal years 2027–2034 at 225,000 (7% from baseline) under its H.R. 1 plain-language scenario and 289,000 (9%) under its CMS…
The North Carolina Department of Justice says Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed suit June 29, 2026 challenging CMS's narrower interim definition of 'medically frail' for the new Medicaid work-requirement framework.
In a July 17 provider bulletin, NC Medicaid published updated care management assumptions underlying SFY 2027 Managed Care capitation rates, effective July 1…
Dogwood Health Trust and Affiliated Monitors released the 2025 monitoring report and Dogwood's letter to the North Carolina Attorney General on July 24, 2026.
The North Carolina Telehealth Network Association (NCTNA) reported May 6 that Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) had opened its first-ever dental clinic in 2026 and received a $23,000 award through NCTNA's Carolina Connection Grant.
Piedmont Health's current first-party page says the organization transitioned to Epic and MyChart on August 4, 2026; the earlier pre-launch status is no longer current.
North Carolina's Departments of Health and Human Services and Information Technology announced three programs funded by the state's $213,008,356 first-year Rural Health Transformation Program award (100% CMS/HHS-funded): a new Rural Health…
Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) says it received a multiyear $667,673 grant from The Leon Levine Foundation to establish an urgent-dental site with Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry at 155 Livingston Street in Asheville.
Advance Community Health reports that it is using Abridge AI scribing after an earlier remote-scribe option used by eight providers proved too costly to scale.
Observed July 16, 2026, CommWell Health’s standing FAQ says same-day and walk-in appointments are available for medical, dental and behavioral health and directs people to call 1-877-WELL ALL (1-877-935-5255) for the latest availability.
Observed July 16, 2026, Kintegra’s standing After Hours Healthcare page says patients can call 704-874-3316 with a medical, behavioral-health or dental concern when the practice is closed and that practice calls can be connected to trained nurses.
NC Medicaid's September 2019 guidance says 340B providers must be registered with the federal Office of Pharmacy Affairs. Physician's Drug Program claims must append the UD modifier and reflect acquisition cost.
North Carolina Health News reported that Governor Josh Stein signed the $34.4 billion budget on July 7, the state's first comprehensive budget since 2023.
Governor Josh Stein directed NCDHHS to restore Medicaid provider rates to their September 30, 2025 levels after underfunding had forced rate reductions beginning in October and courts issued orders in related litigation.
A Smith Anderson legal alert concluded that the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not trigger North Carolina's repeal clause under N.C.G.S. §108A-54.3C because the expansion matching rate remained 90%.
Mountain Community Health Partnership, a rural federally qualified health center, lost its Micaville site to Hurricane Helene flooding after spending nearly $1.2 million on renovations.
Carolina Medical Home Network is a clinically integrated network owned and led by 34 North Carolina federally qualified health centers and NCCHCA, with 26 health centers participating.
A February 11, 2026 industry analysis said the Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed February 3, provided $4.6 billion in mandatory Community Health Center Fund support for FY2026.
North Carolina received a $213 million Rural Health Transformation Program award for 2026 and could receive additional funding in each of the next five years.
NCDHHS selected five organizations to lead NC ROOTS regional networks across all six Medicaid regions: Impact Health for Region 1, Trillium Health Resources for Regions 2 and 5, Vaya Health for Region 3, UNC Hospitals for Region 4 and Access East for Region 6.
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