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In a resolution to the bitter dispute between Wake County’s two largest health care providers, leaders from both WakeMed Hospital and the UNC Health Care system announced Tuesday an agreement ending their public squabbling.
A new fee charged for driver education in many North Carolina counties may be causing lower enrollment numbers. School and safety officials say it’s hurting budgets, and could lead to more safety problems on roads in the future. Photo by crazytales562/Flickr creative commons.
Funds pledged by President Obama will pay for AIDS medications Wake County residents.
Under a new state law, mental health agencies are required to become HMO-like organizations by January 2013. Wake County tried to create an independent program, but state officials denied the county’s application. Now Wake County mental health services will merge with Durham’s. And county officials say that might be the best outcome in a difficult situation.
A new state law requires counties to either create a new HMO-like agency or join an existing one to spend Medicaid money on mental health. The move has been called “mental health reform round two.” Wake County tried, but failed, to create a new program, so its Medicaid mental health service will be taken over by an outside organization.
State officials denied Wake County’s application to form an independent mental health management organization. Now, county mental health services will be merged into a new organization that oversees Durham, Johnston and Cumberland counties.
