Managed care Coverage

Costs watched as Medicaid managed care begins in NC

After six years of preparations and delays, most of North Carolina's Medicaid recipients switched over to managed care Thursday with its developers hopeful the changes will mean improved health outcomes and controlled costs.

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

NC's massive Medicaid transformation delayed over budget fight

With funding vetoed, the Cooper administration will push back a Feb. 1 go-live date for one of the biggest changes in North Carolina health care in decades.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Medicaid recipients have to choose provider network under managed care system

As lawmakers and Gov. Roy Cooper continue to fight over expanding Medicaid in North Carolina, hundreds of thousands of people already in the taxpayer-funded health insurance program are preparing for a major shift in coverage.

Thousands of Wake residents will see their health coverage change this fall in money-saving move

As lawmakers and Gov. Roy Cooper continue to fight over expanding Medicaid in North Carolina, hundreds of thousands of people already in the taxpayer-funded health insurance program are preparing for a major shift in coverage.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

DHHS chief discusses shift to Medicaid managed care

Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen provides lawmakers with an update on the state's efforts to shift the Medicaid program to a managed care format.

Medicaid reform contracts give $6B a year to five companies

Five groups were picked to manage quasi-privatization of the state health insurance program for poor and elderly North Carolinians.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

North Carolina seeking contracts operating retooled Medicaid

North Carolina state government has formally begun a search for insurance companies and health networks that want to care for most of the state's Medicaid patients.