Following several patient deaths in connection with sedation procedures, the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners (“Dental Board”) in January 2022 published a series of proposed changes to its dental sedation...more
The NC State Board of Dental Examiners (“Dental Board”) recently disciplined a dentist in March 2022 for failing to adequately supervise her practice locations in North Carolina. The dentist, who is licensed in North...more
North Carolina legislators filed another bill to amend the state’s Certificate of Need Act on April 1, 2021.
As filed, Senate Bill 462 would modify several longstanding cost thresholds that trigger CON review:..
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With managed care contracts between North Carolina Medicaid providers and the state’s new prepaid health plans (PHPs) expected to begin July 1, 2021, and provider network contracting well underway, it is safe to assume that...more
Seven decades of antitrust immunity for the health insurance industry has just ended. That startling but not unexpected action should prompt insurers, health care providers and suppliers to carefully assess the competitive...more
In a January 12 report to state lawmakers on Medicaid managed care implementation, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) predicted it will launch prepaid health plans as scheduled on July 1, 2021,...more
North Carolina health care providers coping with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic received significant liability protections as part of new state law enacted Monday, May 4.
Section 3D.7, of NC Session Law 2020-3 titled...more