health care reform

In North Carolina, nurse practitioners (NP) can’t treat patients unless they establish a collaborative practice agreement with a supervising doctor – a written contract that outlines patient management, prescribing authorities,…

North Carolina doesn’t have a doctor shortage. Doctors just aren’t choosing to practice medicine in sparsely populated towns. “The real problem is maldistribution,” says Dr. Erin Fraher, Director of…

Direct primary care restores the incredible value of personalized medicine, benefiting patients, doctors, employers, and the state.

View in your browser. Obamacare’s failing co-ops (consumer-operated and oriented health plans) simply reinforce that government intervention in health care creates all sorts…

Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina needs relief from a year-old federal health care reform…

North Carolina has one of the most expensive Medicaid programs in the Southeast, and Obamacare will expand enrollment from 1.3 million people to potentially over 2 million people in 2014. Without Medicaid reform or tighter eligibility, North Carolina will need to cut some services and payments to doctors. Both options will mean worse care for every person on Medicaid. Gov. Bev Perdue and the General Assembly need to push Washington for exemptions from Medicaid restrictions and greater ability to innovate with premium support and encourage patient control of their own care.