The North Carolina Healthcare Association represents the collective voice of more than 130 hospitals and health systems across our state. In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, hospitals are responding to numerous challenges that impact our ability to meet our mission to provide quality healthcare to everyone in the communities we serve. From the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the resulting federal reimbursement cuts, to the development of a reform plan for North Carolina’s Medicaid program, our member hospitals and health systems have been called on to transform the way we deliver patient care while continuing to be responsive to an increasingly consumer-driven health system.
- 2019 Summary of Federal & State Legislative Priorities (PDF Download)
- NCHA – Protecting Access to Health Care for All North Carolinians (PDF Download)
- NCHA Advocacy Daily Email Archive
- NCGA Legislative Calendar
Annual Survey Contact and System Information
NCHA is counting on your participation in our efforts to collect critical data on health systems for which there is no other source. This information will be used to advocate on behalf of health systems. We need to know who will be submitting the annual survey on behalf of your system and which subsidiaries you will include in your system’s response.
The contact and backup contacts you enter below will be responsible for downloading the survey template files and uploading the completed files to the NCHA website.
In order for NCHA to create the templates you will use to submit the annual survey, please complete the information on your system subsidiaries below. There is room to enter any comments or questions regarding this process at the bottom of the form.
Once this information is submitted, NCHA will create your survey templates and email you to indicate it is ready for download.
2018 - 2019 Federal Legislative Priorities
The North Carolina Healthcare Association coordinates with the American Hospital Association to advocate for support from members of Congress on federal issues affecting hospitals and health care.
The following is a list of federal legislative priorities, and the associated position statements, that were approved by the Board of Directors for use during the 2019 Legislative Session:
ACA Repeal/Reform
Medicaid DSH Reductions
Learn more about Medicaid reform in North Carolina.
View exclusive member resources on this topic.
340B Drug Pricing Program Support
EMTALA Reform
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Area Wage Index Repeal
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Graduate Medical Education
Balance / Surprise Billing
MDH/LVH Program Support
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Telehealth Expansion
2018 - 2019 State Legislative Priorities
North Carolina hospitals and health systems are in the midst of transforming our delivery of care to respond to the changing needs of our state. Our goal is to provide the appropriate level of care in the appropriate setting with the best outcomes. North Carolina’s hospitals are open all day, every day. We support more than 395,000 jobs statewide and contribute billions to the economy every year.
The following is a list of state legislative priorities, and the associated position statements, that were approved by the Board of Directors for use during the 2019 Legislative Session:
Preserving the Safety Net
Learn more about Medicaid transformation in North Carolina
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Certificate of Need Preservation
Research papers on Certificate of Need:
Image vs. Reality: Mercatus, CON and Statistics in Search of Meaning, May 2016
First Do No Harm: Analyzing the Certificate of Need debate in North Carolina, July 2015
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Increased Access to Health Insurance Coverage
How will closing the Coverage Gap help North Carolina? Read more here.
Learn more about Medicaid reform in North Carolina
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Balance / Surprise Billing
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Tax Treatment Preservation
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Behavioral Health Reform
Learn more about behavioral health reform in North Carolina
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Telehealth Expansion
Read about how NC hospitals are changing lives with telehealth services.
Graduate Medical Education
State Health Plan
Download the two-page legislative leave-behind document for HB 184
Learn more about our proposal for a better path forward for the State Health Plan.
Honoring Assignment of Benefits
Workforce Development
The North Carolina Healthcare Association provides legislative summaries for our member hospitals and health systems to keep them informed about the work we do on their behalf at the North Carolina General Assembly and in Congress.
To learn more about these priorities, please log in to NCHA Member Resources.
NCHA Staff Contact
Cody Hand
Senior Vice President
Advocacy & Policy
and Deputy General Counsel
919-677-4113
chand@ncha.org
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Committee Meeting Notices
NCHA will monitor and report on all committee action. For those interested in receiving NC General Assembly Committee notices, the information is here:
To subscribe to receive every committee notice for all 2019-20 House standing committees, visit All House Standing Committee Meetings.
To subscribe to receive every committee notice for all 2019-20 Senate standing committees, visit All Senate Standing Committee Meetings.
If you want to receive committee notices from one or multiple committees, you will need to subscribe individually to each 2019 standing committee. Your notices subscription from 2017-18 for individual standing committees does not move forward to the 2019 standing committees.
All committee information, including links to sign up for “committee notices by email,” can be found at the Main NCLeg Committee Meetings page.
