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Hundreds of advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities visited the North Carolina legislature this week to lobby lawmakers to provide more funding for a program that has a years-long waiting list.

North Carolina might expand an experimental initiative to address the nonmedical health needs of low-income residents by using Medicaid dollars.

The state health department asked for $458 billion to keep up with rising Medicaid costs.

Kody Kinsley, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, says people who could benefit the most from GLP-1s can't get them because of the cost.

Federal Medicaid regulators have signed off on a proposal by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's administration to offer hospitals a financial incentive to eliminate patients' medical debt.

DHHS asked for almost half a billion more dollars to keep up with rising Medicaid costs in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

North Carolina Medicaid managed care has finally been extended to Medicaid enrollees who also need services for behavioral health or intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration have unveiled a plan Monday to take away patients' debt and help future patients receive deep discounts or enroll in charity programs.

The Asheville hospital is no longer at risk of losing its Medicare and Medicaid funding.

Under a new federal rule, home health care providers in North Carolina will be required to put most of the money they receive from Medicaid toward workers’ wages.