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WakeMed hospitals in Raleigh rejoined UnitedHealthcare’s employer plans October 15 but stay out of network for its Medicare Advantage members, who can switch by December 7
Same hospital system, two different answers. WakeMed’s Raleigh hospitals returned to UnitedHealthcare’s network on October 15 for people with employer-sponsored plans. They remain out of network for people in UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans, who have until December 7 to switch. What the October 15 contract changed WakeMed and UnitedHealthcare signed a new multi-year contract for... The post WakeMed hospitals in Raleigh rejoined UnitedHealthcare’s employer plans October 15 but stay out of network for its Medicare Advantage members, who can switch by December 7 appeared first on The Financial Wire .
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WakeMed’s Raleigh hospitals rejoined UnitedHealthcare employer plans October 15, but stay out of network for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members
A nearly year-long contract fight between WakeMed and UnitedHealthcare ended for employer plans on October 15, when the Raleigh hospital system went back in network for those members. Medicare Advantage is a different story. WakeMed says it “remains out of network for Medicare Advantage plans,” which leaves UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare members in the same position as […] The post WakeMed’s Raleigh hospitals rejoined UnitedHealthcare employer plans October 15, but stay out of network for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members appeared first on The Money Overview .
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UNC Health Starts Work on Cary-Durham Campus
UNC Health’s new Cary-Durham campus will offer cancer treatment, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, imaging, laboratory services and a pharmacy. | Photo Credit: UNC Health. A new 48-acre UNC Health campus in West Cary, N.C., will include a six-story, 192,000-square-foot medical office building, a 900-space parking...
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Feds send over half a billion dollars to North Carolina for Raleigh-to-Richmond passenger rail
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A hospital shakeup, a barbecue battle and other top N&O stories on Wednesday, Oct. 14
Here’s a roundup of top stories published by The News & Observer on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. From a courtroom clash over hospital coverage to a lawsuit between barbecue partners, these are the headlines Triangle readers are following. Atrium hospitals pushed out of network. Hours after a judge denied the State Health Plan’s request to pause an Atrium Health affordability program, the plan announced it would move Atrium’s urban hospitals to the out-of-network tier of its new Preferred Provider Program starting in January. Rural “access” level Atrium facilities designated in a September agreement would be exempt from the change. Read more: State Health Plan moves some Atrium sites out of network after court setback New Bern Avenue could honor Raleigh’s first Black mayor. Southeast Raleigh advocates led by longtime activist Octavia Rainey are pushing to rename a stretch of New Bern Avenue — from Person Street to WakeMed — for Clarence E. Lightner, Raleigh’s first popularly elected Black mayor, who served from 1973 to 1975. A meeting with city, state and federal officials is set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Raleigh City Hall. Read more: A new name for Raleigh’s New Bern Avenue? City’s first Black mayor could be honored