As North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell continues his fight with providers to forward his transformative reimbursement change for the State Employee Health Plan, he has now added funding to bolster rural hospital support – a popular target of providers' arguments against his plan.
This week, Fowell announced an additional $52 million annual increase in his new model, by way of increased the reimbursement rates for rural hospitals.
In late 2018, Folwell unveiled a new reimbursement strategy…
