In North Carolina, the nonprofit Counterforce Health designed an AI assistant to help patients appeal their denied health insurance claims and fight large medical bills. The free service uses AI ...

Steps such as Medicaid expansion, extended postpartum coverage and loosening restrictions on CNMs, are considered promising efforts.

Missed appointments include treatment for tuberculosis, diabetes and serious injuries as fear keeps immigrants from seeking treatment.

Rural police departments in WNC say embedded social workers connect people with services officers can’t provide, ease crises and reduce repeat calls.

After the passage of a law that funnels more people into the involuntary commitment process, lawmakers hear from doctors & hospitals.

Ophthalmologist Jay Singleton is challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's certificate of need statute.

HCA growth comes amid complaints, legal action about declining care at Mission in Asheville, other WNC hospitals.

As this year’s Medicare open enrollment period proceeds, Medicare beneficiaries in North Carolina are facing a year of higher costs. Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare enrollees could see ...

Virginia Gilbert was shocked and angry after she learned last week that premiums for her Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance policy will more than double next year, jumping from $930 to $2,042. She ...

The parents of more than 20 children with autism notched a recent victory in a lawsuit that accused the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services of discrimination after it slashed Medicaid ...

Single-use, compostable and recyclable takeout containers are on their way out at some North Carolina universities. Stainless steel is taking their place. This fall, UNC Greensboro introduced reusable ...