Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson and John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood answer host Tom Campbell’s questions about the squabble involving the University of North Carolina, Vidant Medical Center, and the N.C. Senate. These exchanges took place during the June 7, 2019, edition of “NC SPIN.”
Twelve charter schools sought approval to open in 2020, although the State Board of Education failed to approve two of them after local district officials and PTA members raised concerns. Board members voted to approve the 10 charter schools during an SBE meeting Thursday, June 6, and sent the two failed requests — Wake Preparatory...
While North Carolina continues to seek ways to fill medical provider voids across the state, government regulations block one partial solution. Fred Jacobs, executive vice president at St. George’s University in the West Indies nation of Grenada, said a ready supply of international students is available. But students can’t get a medical residency needed for...
House Bill 389 could soon become law. The Senate/Higher Education Committee on Wednesday, June 5, approved the bill, introduced in the Senate as S.B. 296. It passed the House, 88-24, April 16. The bill heads to the Senate Commerce Committee. H.B. 389, if passed by the Senate, would expand existing legislation and also seeks to...
State Treasurer Dale Folwell has clashed with Vidant Health in the past over state resources and State Health Plan reforms, but isn’t involved in the current battle between the hospital chain and the UNC Board of Governors over control of Vidant Medical Center. “I was as shocked as your readers were, and the rest of...
UPDATE, 11:25 a.m., June 4: Vidant Medical Center and Pitt County issued a news release late Monday offering to settle the dispute with UNC. Tuesday morning, a legislative source told CJ the Senate health committee didn’t expect to discuss Vidant Wednesday. North Carolina senators passed a budget resolution May 31, but they’re still working to...
The University of North Carolina never has pursued a takeover of Vidant Health, despite the hospital system’s claims otherwise, UNC Health Care said May 31. Those comments follow the drop of a report showing UNC’s study of possible health care mergers and acquisitions that cross state lines. East Carolina University Physicians and Vidant Health are...
The struggle over Vidant Health, the regional hospital network affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, escalated Thursday. In a radio interview, University of North Carolina Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith said there are no plans “in any shape or form for UNC to take over Vidant Health.” But an...
The Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion 2019-20 budget amid sharp rhetoric that broke along partisan and regional divides. Sen. Don Davis, D-Greene, condemned Republicans, accusing them of using the budget process to punish Eastern North Carolina over a governance dispute between Vidant Medical Center and the UNC System Board of Governors. Davis...
The North Carolina Senate is crunching numbers to consider building a new teaching hospital for East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, a source close to Senate leadership has told Carolina Journal. That means Vidant Medical Center, ECU’s teaching hospital, now battling with the UNC Board of Governors over issues of governance, may get the...
The Senate’s proposed biennial General Fund budget includes the largest pay raises for state employees in more than a decade, but doesn’t include a cost-of-living increase for state retirees. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and top appropriations chairmen held a news conference Tuesday, May 28, to announce key provisions of the budget. The proposal for...
