The North Carolina Institute of Medicine, partnering with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, releases selected measures of health care quality for North Carolina Medicaid, along with, “Metrics to Drive Improvements in Health: A Report of the Task Force on Health Care Analytics.”
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine presented Ben Money, CEO of the N.C. Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA), with the Award for Excellence in Health Policy Leadership at the NCIOM 2017 Annual Meeting today.
According to an issue brief released today by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM), hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians gained health insurance coverage between 2013 and 2015. During that time, state data from the American Community Survey show a 4.7 percentage point decline in the number of uninsured under 65, or 387,000 fewer uninsured North Carolinians.