Investigators from the state’s Medicaid managed care organizations will share tips and tactics in an effort to catch suspicious billing sooner.

Updated law increases paid parental leave for state employees to 12 weeks for both parents, up from eight weeks for moms and four weeks for dads.

A North Carolina judge denied class certification in a lawsuit accusing the healthcare company of anticompetitive business practice.

Despite increased state investment, North Carolina continues to lose childcare providers and classroom slots, particularly in rural communities, leaving families struggling to find affordable care.

State leaders are pursuing reforms to cut unnecessary commitments, expand voluntary treatment and improve follow-up mental health care.

Perinatal Quality Collaborative revives projects on newborn screenings and maternal mental health to launch in 2027, ...

The state has significantly increased funding for the centers over the past decade, though questions remain about oversight and how the money is used.

When she was growing up in rural southeastern North Carolina, Alicia Freeman saw people whose mental health and substance use concerns went untreated because her area had very few resources to help ...

Pardee’s new Adolescent Behavioral Health Center has 23 beds for youth ages 13 to 17 who are experiencing mental health issues.

State lawmakers are proposing a bill they say would reduce administrative burden and redundancy for inspections in adult care homes, the places that manage the care for some of the state’s most ...

The largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record in the U.S. this past summer sickened 12,883 people in 21 states, including North Carolina, before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared ...