Aldona Wos Coverage

NC businessman, a Trump ally, named next postmaster general

Longtime Trump ally and fundraiser Louis DeJoy will serve as the new postmaster general for the US Postal Service, the USPS Board of Governors announced Wednesday.

By Caroline Kelly

Trump headed to NC later this month

President expected in Greensboro for a major campaign fundraiser.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Wos resigns as DHHS secretary, former biotech exec taking over

Saying it was "simply time to go home," North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos resigned Wednesday, becoming the second member of Gov. Pat McCrory's cabinet to setp down in a little over a week.

Mark Binker and Matthew Burns

Wos, senators spar over death records

In the latest chapter in their long-running feud, Senate leaders and DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos exchanged heated words over modernizing the state's archaic death records system.

Laura Leslie

Joint panel starts work on Medicaid reform, reorganization

A legislative oversight subcommittee began work Wednesday on the issues of Medicaid reform and potential reorganization of North Carolina's multibillion-dollar program.

Laura Leslie

NC FAST rollout continues amid myriad of challenges

Months after social services workers quelled a case backlog that jeopardized millions of dollars of federal funding, progress toward the full rollout of the system known as NC FAST continues across the state's 100 counties.

Mark Binker and Tyler Dukes

Medicaid program shortfall, consulting fees rankle lawmakers

North Carolina's Medicaid program will likely be $140 million over-budget DHHS officials told a key oversight committee Thursday. Some lawmakers expressed skepticism about a new consultant hired to help streamline DHHS operations.

Mark Binker

Tensions high between lawmakers, DHHS chief

At a scathing oversight meeting Thursday, lawmakers and DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos traded barbs over problems at the troubled agency.

Laura Leslie

Guilford backlog jeopardizes NC meeting food stamp deadline

Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos told lawmakers Wednesday that the state was on track to meet an upcoming deadline of clearing its backlog of food stamp applications until learning that Guilford County had a number of cases that hadn't even been entered into the state's computer system.

Laura Leslie

Wos warns of next food stamp deadline

Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos told lawmakers Wednesday that the state will have a difficult time meeting a key food stamp deadline March 31.

Laura Leslie

Five questions McCrory didn't answer

Gov. Pat McCrory met with reporters to roll out his second-year agenda. And while he outlined what he wanted to do in broad strokes, he posed or didn't answer some key questions.

DHHS faces string of problems, PR missteps

The Department of Health and Human Services is a large, hard-to-manage agency in the best of times, but has been particularly problematic for Gov. Pat McCrory. This is a running list of the stories emanating from the largest department directly controlled by the first term Republican.

DHHS problems leave Wos apologetic, frustrated

State Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos apologized to lawmakers Tuesday for an incident in which the department mailed Medicaid cards to the wrong families and expressed frustration with a backlog of food stamps cases.

Black lawmakers join call for Wos' ouster at DHHS

The North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus called on Gov. Pat McCrory Friday to replace Aldona Wos as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Interactive: Food stamp benefits nationwide

An interactive map shows the number of recipients, percent of state and average monthly benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

USDA threatens to pull funding over NC food stamps problems

Federal administrators say that, despite assurances, the state has failed to fix problems administering its food stamps program.

DHHS: Medicaid card error was privacy breach

A computer programming error led to almost 49,000 children statewide receiving someone else's Medicaid card last week, the state Department of Health and Human Services said Monday.

Laura Leslie and Leyla Santiago

Records: DHHS downplayed food stamp issues

In July and August, DHHS officials downplayed widespread technical problems with the state's new food stamp system, prompting frustration from social services directors and building up a massive backlog of cases.

Tyler Dukes

Wos responds to USDA

Wos responds to USDA

USDA notes urgent problems

USDA notes urgent problems

Former DHHS staffer takes job with Medicaid contractor

A worker described by auditors as a "point person" for the the rollout of NCTracks, the new Medicaid billing system, has gone to work for the contractor in charge of the troubled project.

Laura Leslie and Mark Binker

Part 2: DHHS oversight committee Nov. 19, 2013

Representatives of the Department of Health and Human Services answer questions from lawmakers about their budget, mental health and the state's Medicaid billing.

Part 1: DHHS oversight committee Nov. 19, 2013

State health officials give lawmakers an update on Nov. 19, 2013, about how NCTracks, a new and expensive Medicaid billing system, is performing.

DHHS staffers lay out progress on Medicaid billing system

State health officials tried to reassure lawmakers Tuesday that the much-maligned NC Tracks system that helps the state handle Medicaid billing is getting better and service providers are getting paid.

Laura Leslie

Wos: Medicaid reform to be tailored for NC

In an exclusive interview with WRAL News, Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos also placed some of the blame for the troubled launches of two computer systems at the feet of counties and the media and defended hiring and compensation decisions that have been widely criticized in recent months.

David Crabtree and Matthew Burns