Jaymie Baxley
Rural Health and Medicaid Reporter at North Carolina Health News
Reporter and lifelong North Cackalackian covering rural health and Medicaid for @nchealthnews. Previously: The Pilot, The Robesonian and The Daily Courier.
Articles
-
4 days ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley |Rose Hoban |Grace Vitaglione
The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a Medicaid program that addressed the nonmedical health needs of low-income North Carolinians, will cease operations July 1, according to an announcement obtained by NC Health News. The first-in-the-nation effort that has drawn national attention and praise was launched in 2022 and has provided assistance to across three largely rural regions of the state.
-
1 week ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley
The possibility of North Carolinians who depend on Medicaid being subject to a work requirement to keep their coverage has grown more plausible with the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of a GOP-backed budget bill that includes the measure.
-
2 weeks ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley |Rose Hoban
Sally Herndon has spent more than three decades working to get North Carolinians to quit smoking. As head of the state Health Department’s Tobacco Prevention and Control branch, she oversaw various initiatives aimed at reducing tobacco and e-cigarette use among young people. She was instrumental in efforts to reduce residents’ exposure to second-hand smoke, helping to marshal support for a 2010 law that banned smoking in bars and restaurants across the state.
-
3 weeks ago |
wunc.org | Jaymie Baxley
North Carolina health officials are warning that one of the many proposals being floated in Congress to shrink a key Medicaid funding mechanism could devastate hospitals and nursing homes across the state — cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from a system already straining to meet growing needs. The proposals target taxes — referred to in the state as "assessments" — that North Carolina and other states impose on health care providers to generate revenue.
-
3 weeks ago |
northcarolinahealthnews.org | Jaymie Baxley
North Carolina health officials are warning that one of the many proposals being floated in Congress to shrink a key Medicaid funding mechanism could devastate hospitals and nursing homes across the state — cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from a system already straining to meet growing needs. The proposals target taxes — referred to in the state as “assessments” — that North Carolina and other states impose on health care providers to generate revenue.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 596
- Tweets
- 697
- DMs Open
- Yes
Proposals being floated in Congress to shrink a key Medicaid funding mechanism could devastate hospitals and nursing homes across NC — cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from a system already straining to meet growing needs. https://t.co/ptl9QwuhA5
On Friday I celebrated 10 years of wedded bliss with this beautiful llama wrangler. https://t.co/hH5pL65Wgp
Wilson County is using naloxone kiosks to fight overdose deaths. Read more in my latest for NC Health News: https://t.co/16VNeL4aWa https://t.co/k8TvLlsftd