Tar Heel Footprints in Health Care: Tony Price.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
What Is Next for Behavioral Health in Managed Care?
Published in North Carolina medical journal
North Carolina's Medicaid reform plan legislation will continue the state's behavioral health care system of local management entities and managed care organizations for 4 years after the implementation of the 1115 waiver. Policymakers have options, including staying the course, but they must be deliberate and thoughtful in their decisions.
Focusing on the Common Problem of Improving Population Health.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
To move the dial and drive the factors that impact 70% of health outcomes, we need a health and social services system that has the capacity and flexibility to address social determinants, and we need to better engage individuals in taking ownership of the factors they can control. The foundational elements that will then have the greatest impact o...
North Carolina Medicaid Reform: Seizing Opportunities and Addressing Challenges.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
North Carolina has made progress toward improving the health of its citizens, yet much more needs to be done. Now is the right time for the state to transform its Medicaid and North Carolina Health Choice programs into a managed care delivery system that gives providers more flexibility to deliver care that focuses on the whole person and benefits ...
Musculoskeletal Health: Addressing the Leading Causes of Disability.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
Musculoskeletal conditions are not only the most common group of chronic health problems in our country, but they have a profound impact on critical domains of health including pain, disability, work participation, mental health, and potentially mortality. There are challenges to the treatment of common musculoskeletal conditions, including the cur...
Philanthropy Profile: The Arthritis Foundation: Conquering Arthritis.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
The Case for Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
North Carolina's refusal to expand its Medicaid program has left many thousands of North Carolinians without health insurance and has imposed unnecessary costs on all of the state's residents through higher premiums in the state's health insurance marketplace. Expanding Medicaid is the most efficient way to extend coverage to the state's uninsured ...
Call for Early Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in North Carolina.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
Understanding, Detecting, and Managing the Risk of Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rec...
Published in North Carolina medical journal
Advances in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Costs and Challenges.
Published in North Carolina medical journal
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis. Because of advances in therapy, clinical outcomes have improved dramatically and remission is possible for many patients. These advances have come with many challenges, prompting consideration of strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment and implement more cost-effective ca...
