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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.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, said today that hospitals in the state are not complying with 2019 federal price transparency rules that required hospitals to post their prices starting in January 2021. The rule is aimed at protecting consumers from surprise billing and driving down costs, but hospitals are fighting price transparency on every level.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, said a group of bipartisan legislators’ support of H169, the State Health Plan Transparency Bill, shows there is a need for the common sense legislation.
(Raleigh, N.C.) – State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (SHP) have been fighting a long battle to lower health care costs for teachers, legislators, retirees, public safety workers and others who serve the people of North Carolina.
In an effort to increase the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the state, State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (SHP) are calling for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) to provide vaccines and allow primary care physicians, pediatricians and all pharmacies to administer the shots. North Carolina has lagged the nation in administering the allotted vaccines to its population.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, today applauded a court ruling upholding the Trump administration’s executi