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Final Details On NC Medicaid Managed Care Passes Legislature
The North Carolina legislature has approved final details needed to get a major shift in treating Medicaid patients up and running in the coming months.
The House voted 57-52 on Thursday for legislation already agreed to by the Senate. It provides funds to run the state Medicaid program for the next two years, including the transition to managed-care treatment that's been years in the making and is supposed to begin Nov. 1.
The bill also lays out how health care entities providing services under managed care will pay assessments and taxes.
The legislation now goes to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke Visits Greensboro
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke stopped in Greensboro Thursday. He says he was there to learn more about Greensboro's role in the civil rights movement.
WUNC reports O'Rourke toured the International Civil Rights Museum on his second visit to North Carolina this year. He says learning about the Greensboro Four and the civil rights movement was important to his campaign.
O'Rourke says, “It's important for me to understand that history but also important for me to think about how that might apply to the challenges we face today. Whether those are economic, or health care, climate or the fact that we still have endemic racism in this country.”
North Carolina Officials Cite Drop In Opioid Overdose Deaths
Health officials in North Carolina say the number of unintentional opioid-related overdose deaths among North Carolina residents has fallen for the first time in five years.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says unintentional opioid-related overdose deaths fell by 5 percent in 2018, compared to a 34 percent increase in deaths in 2017. The figures are consistent with the falling number of emergency department visits for opioid-related overdoses, which declined nearly 10 percent from 2017 to 2018.
Man Killed 17 Years After Slaying Of NBA Star's Grandfather
Police say someone killed a man who had been convicted as a teenager in the 2002 death of NBA star Chris Paul's grandfather.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports police say 31-year-old Dorrell Queshane Brayboy was found with stab wounds in his chest on Wednesday in a grocery store parking lot. Winston-Salem Police Lt. A.J. Santos says a search is underway for his assailant.
Brayboy was 15 when he and four other teenagers were charged in the death of 61-year-old Nathaniel Jones. Brayboy served 12½ years in prison after he was convicted of second-degree murder in 2005.
Prosecutors said Jones was killed the day after Paul signed a letter of intent to play at Wake Forest University.
Carvana, Policygenius Plan North Carolina Investments, Jobs
Online companies that buy and sell used cars and broker insurance policies are expanding in North Carolina's Piedmont, with plans to hire hundreds of people.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Thursday that car vendor Carvana will build a new inspection and reconditioning facility in Cabarrus County, creating more than 400 jobs. He also said Policygenius plans to create at least 377 jobs over several years as it locates a new technical and operations center in Durham County.
North Carolina Highway Marker To Honor New World Scientist
The U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic will unveil a North Carolina highway historical marker honoring the first known Jewish person to arrive in the New World in 1585.
Ambassador Stephen King will unveil the marker honoring Joachim Gans Friday at the Fort Raleigh Historic Site in Manteo. Gans was an expert metallurgist in Prague who headed the first science center in the New World. The center was located on what's now the grounds of the historic site.
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