Investigators from the state’s Medicaid managed care organizations will share tips and tactics in an effort to catch suspicious billing sooner.

Updated law increases paid parental leave for state employees to 12 weeks for both parents, up from eight weeks for moms and four weeks for dads.

State leaders are pursuing reforms to cut unnecessary commitments, expand voluntary treatment and improve follow-up mental health care.

When she was growing up in rural southeastern North Carolina, Alicia Freeman saw people whose mental health and substance use concerns went untreated because her area had very few resources to help ...

Residents in Cedar Creek and Gray’s Creek say the $590 million PFAS settlement will matter only if it produces reliable, safe drinking water.

Perinatal Quality Collaborative revives projects on newborn screenings and maternal mental health to launch in 2027, ...

The 5-2 vote advances the closely watched Atrium-WakeMed deal even as the language on a $2 billion investment and five-year price cap is still being finalized.

The state has significantly increased funding for the centers over the past decade, though questions remain about oversight and how the money is used.

Pardee’s new Adolescent Behavioral Health Center has 23 beds for youth ages 13 to 17 who are experiencing mental health issues.

On Tuesday evening, just days after President Donald Trump signed into law the new federal budget passed by Congress, several dozen people took a seat in the Pullen Park Community Center in Raleigh.

People who pay close attention to the machinations of state budget-making these days in North Carolina know that you can’t just look at the bottom line to understand how lawmakers’ spending choices ...

The first weekend in May, just before Wake County commissioners were initially planning to vote on a proposed combination of Atrium Health and WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Wake County Commissioner ...