State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced Wednesday that thanks to renegotiation with United HealthCare, Medicare Advantage plan premiums will not increase in the coming year. Premiums were scheduled to increase as much as 25 percent.
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East Carolina University and Vidant Health executed a formal agreement Wednesday to integrate ECU Physicians Group and Vidant Medical Group, completing a merger that gives away state assets and jeopardizes the future and stability of 1,200 state employees.
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Representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina laid out the details of an ongoing dispute with Mission Health, which operates six hospitals in the western part of the state, in a presentation for the SEANC Board of Governors on Friday, July 21.
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SEANC has learned that members in the western part of the state are facing increased health care costs because of an ongoing contract dispute between Mission Health System, which operates six hospitals and other facilities in Asheville and surrounding areas, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state’s largest insurance provider.
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The General Assembly adjourned the 2017 Long Session early Friday morning after passing flurry of bills in the wee hours.
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State Health Plan members who cover dependents under the age of 75 should have received a letter informing them that a Dependent Eligibility Verification Audit is currently underway.
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The House and Senate passed a compromise budget in late June that includes a $1,000 pay increase for state employees and a 1-percent true cost-of-living adjustment for retirees.
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This week at the legislature was filled with a lot of talk about redrawing district maps because of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, though House and Senate conferees continue to meet to work out a budget compromise. The three proposals on the table include the following:
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SEANC is asking all members to consider switching over to bank draft, where payments are pulled from members’ bank accounts each month instead of their paychecks.
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The N.C. House followed the lead of the Senate this week and rushed through its budget proposal with little debate and passing it just after midnight this morning.
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