The State Health Plan Board of Trustees will not enforce the Plan’s benefit exclusion regarding treatment or studies leading to or in connection with sex transition or modifications and related care. The Board’s action was in response to a federal court judge’s order in Kadel v. Folwell.
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The legislation would create a pro-family, anti-poverty, consumer protection law that sets parameters around the provision of charity care and limits the ability of large medical facilities to charge unreasonable interest rates and employ unfair tactics in debt collection.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, joins the national nonprofit Patient Rights Advocate to condemn the widespread violation of hospital price transparency rules. The treasurer is calling for federal and state action to fully enforce patients’ right to know hospital prices.
The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy of State Health Policy find that nonprofit hospitals have billed millions of dollars to disadvantaged patients. Rep. Edward Goodwin, Rep. Howard Hunter, Sen. Jim Burgin and Sen. Jay Chaudhuri joined State Treasurer Dale Folwell to call for reform.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (Plan) announced today that the State Health Plan Board of Trustees approved the contract award for Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) services. The estimated savings for the Plan under this new contract, as compared to the projected current contract, are $701.1 million.
Updated report on Hospital Charity Care and Hospital Profits: Hospital Charity Care Report.pdf
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, applauds the Biden administration’s new penalties on hospitals that refuse patients the right to know medical prices. The administration must enforce its new penalties, but state leaders cannot remain on the sidelines. They must also step up to protect patients.
State Treasurer Dale. R. Folwell, CPA, applauds the Biden administration’s action to protect patients from surprise medical billing. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule Thursday, July 1, under the bipartisan No Surprises Act passed by Congress in 2020 to ban most surprise billing practices.