NC Medical Debt | NCDHHS
WEBOn July 1, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced new actions leveraging the state’s Medicaid program that will encourage hospitals to relieve existing medical debt and ease the burden of medical debt on North Carolinians in the future.
North Carolina unveils plan to incentivize hospitals to forgive medical …
WEBJul 1, 2024 · North Carolina unveils plan to incentivize hospitals to forgive medical debt and beef up charity care. Gov. Roy Cooper and state health officials want to offer enhanced Medicaid funding to hospitals that agree to cancel existing medical debt for low-income patients and establish robust charity care policies. A national organization that tracks ...
Governor Cooper Takes Action to Lessen the Burden of Medical Debt …
WEBJul 1, 2024 · These policies will provide relief to consumers through forgiveness of existing debt, establish protections against the accumulation of future medical debt, and prevent problematic debt collection practices going forward.
Governor Cooper Takes Action to Lessen the Burden of Medical Debt …
WEBJul 1, 2024 · Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Health and Human Services announced new actions leveraging the state’s Medicaid program that will encourage hospitals to relieve a potential $4 billion in existing medical debt for approximately two million low and middle-income North Carolinians and ease the burden of medical ...
NC governor moves to wipe $4 billion in medical debt - Axios
WEBJul 1, 2024 · N.C. moves to wipe medical debt for up to 2 million patients. More than two million North Carolinians could be freed of medical debt in the coming years under a newly announced plan from Gov. Roy Cooper and state health department Secretary Kody Kinsley. Why it matters: The move could relieve as much as $4 billion in debt that low- …
Plan incentivizes hospitals to forgive NC medical debt
WEB4 days ago · If every N.C. hospital participated, approximately 2 million low- and middle-income North Carolinians could potentially have as much as $4 billion in existing medical debt forgiven, Kinsley said. Hemi Tewarson, executive director for the National Academy of State Health Policy, said she is not aware of other efforts to use Medicaid-directed ...
Gov. Cooper announces proposed plan to reduce medical debt
WEBJul 1, 2024 · RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper. and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service Secretary Kody Kinsley announced a proposal that could eliminate up to $4 billion ...
Gov. Cooper plans to eliminate $4 billion in medical debt for North ...
WEBG overnor Roy Cooper and the Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced a plan to relieve a potential $4 billion in medical debt for low and middle-income North Carolina residents.
North Carolina government aims to incentivize hospitals to …
WEBRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state government is seeking to rid potentially billions in medical debt from low- and middle-income residents by offering a financial carrot for hospitals to ...
New plan may clear $4 billion in hospital medical debt in NC
WEBJul 1, 2024 · North Carolinians struggling with medical debt could get reprieve under a new proposal unveiled by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and state Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley. If ...
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