Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh For the second time in two years, the North Carolina House has voted to require insurance companies to cover supplemental breast cancer exams — but it remains to be seen whether the bill will make it through the Senate. Why it matters: For many women with dense breast tissue, a yearly mammogram […]
Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger The total compensation of Atrium Health’s top executives soared by an average of 41 percent last year, according to newly released data from the hospital system, but information about the salary of Eugene Woods, CEO of Atrium parent Advocate Health, was not included in the release. The executive […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Henderson County Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards’ repeated failures on economic policy, entitlement programs and Hurricane Helene recovery have left him vulnerable, according to a slew of Democrats who are now competing for the right to run against him in 2026. Last week, The Smoky Mountain News was first to report on […]
Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital’s corporate owner, HCA Healthcare, reported revenue of $18 billion in the first quarter of the year, up $1 billion from the same period last year. Net income, or profit, was also up — $1.61 billion compared to $1.591 billion in the first quarter of 2024. Meanwhile, nurses at Mission received […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The award-winning founder of a nationally-celebrated Chapel Hill-Carrboro nonprofit vowed to “fight” against the recent termination of the organization’s federal grant funding over its equity goals. Hope Renovations — which offers pre-apprenticeship trade training to women and underemployed demographics to grow the workforce — shared a newsletter to its supporters Monday night […]
Outer Banks Voice In a letter dated May 13 and addressed to key state legislators, the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce formally joined the chorus of local opposition to a proposal to toll ferry routes. Here is the letter Dear Senators, The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce represents over 800 businesses along the Outer Banks […]
David Ford/WFDD Radio Following President Donald Trump’s calls to do away with the National Endowment for the Arts, hundreds of organizations across the country began receiving emails saying their grants had been terminated. The dismantling of the NEA is having a large impact across North Carolina and here in the Triad. In 2022, North Carolina […]
A company is looking to invest $140 million and add 330 jobs in Wayne County. Gov. Josh Stein is expected to join local officials and business leaders with Prolec GE at 10 a.m. in Goldsboro to make the announcement. Prolec GE was founded in 1960 in Monterrey, Mexico, and manufactures power transformers to distribute electricity. Its […]
Another Triangle-area state legislator has come out against the idea of tolling U.S. 1 between Interstate 540 and Wake Forest. Rep. Matt Winslow, R-Franklin, says the “misguided proposal” would “choke off opportunities, burden our most vulnerable residents and stall the economic engine that makes our region thrive.” Winslow’s district is just north of the stretch of U.S. 1 […]
At the capitol, where the power and lights were on Tuesday morning, House and Senate Democrats held a news conference to lament the pigeonholing of all but a handful of their bills ahead of the recent crossover deadline. The event signaled that legislative Republicans don’t have any sort of monopoly when it comes to trying […]
Ben Humphries/Education NC A new analysis forecasts the number of students enrolled in North Carolina public schools could drop over the next five years. The analysis comes from Carolina Demography, a nonpartisan team out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nathan Dollar, the director of Carolina Demography, presented this year’s report at […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Over the last decade, 10 hospitals have eliminated maternity care in North Carolina. Just one has added it: UNC Health Chatham in Siler City. The Chatham County center serves as a rare counterexample to the wave of rural maternity closures across the state. That’s where a stark divide has emerged: […]
Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News North Carolina health officials are warning that one of the many proposals being floated in Congress to shrink a key Medicaid funding mechanism could devastate hospitals and nursing homes across the state — cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from a system already straining to meet growing needs. The proposals target […]
Rylee Wilson/Becker’s Payer Issues Insurers are employing different strategies to manage the high cost of GLP-1 drugs. In May, CVS Health announced a partnership with Wegovy manufacturer Novo Nordisk. CVS Caremark will use Wegovy as the preferred GLP-1 medication for its largest commercial formulary. Beginning July 1, CVS Caremark will drop Zepbound, manufactured by competitor […]
Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio A bipartisan effort to combat fentanyl and money laundering is being spearheaded by attorneys general in the Carolinas. At the Government Center in uptown Charlotte on Monday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Chinese messaging app WeChat is a key player in both […]
