Robin Cummings, M.D., Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Director, received the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians' (NCAFP) 2014 Presidential Award at its Winter Family Physicians Weekend Conference.
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health (DPH) launched its first North Carolina Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designations this week, awarding the distinction to eight child care facilities.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced that the state's Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) will be accepting applications beginning Dec. 1, 2014.
North Carolina's health care community is ready to identify and respond to a case of Ebola.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services today confirmed the presence of enterovirus D68, or EV-D68, in six patients from North Carolina.
DHHS is announcing its plans to realign the core functions of the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA), which administers North Carolina's Medicaid program. DMA will have a "flattened" organizational structure with five clearly defined and integrated functions, enhancing its operations and financial controls and increasing efficiency and effectiveness.
In preparation for a major overhaul of the state's Medicaid system, Wos (pronounced 'Vosh') and several NCDHHS officials are touring community hospitals in North Carolina. Her goal is to learn the challenges and accomplishments of health care providers for providing Medicaid services.
DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that Courtney Cantrell, Ph.D. will assume the permanent role as the Director of the Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse Services (DMH/DD/SAS).
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced that Margaret "Mardy" Peal submitted her resignation yesterday to pursue an opportunity in the private sector that will allow her to spend more time with her family.
As counties statewide work through large backlogs of overdue Medicaid cases, Guilford County's ranks among the smallest of the metropolitan counties.