Clear Pricing Project Archive
Press Releases
- 3/31/2021 – Treasurer Folwell Condemns Hospitals’ “Pattern of Deceit” on Price Transparency
- 3/25/2021 – Treasurer Folwell Thanks Sponsors for Supporting H169 – State Health Plan Data Transparency Bill
- 3/23/2021 – Treasurer Folwell Calls for Support of H169 – State Health Plan Data Transparency Bill
- 1/4/2021 – Treasurer Folwell Applauds U.S. Court Decision on Health-Cost Transparency
- 8/18/2020 – Treasurer Folwell Announces N.C. State Health Plan Network Reopens for New Providers to Join
Additional press releases can be found here.
In The News
- 4/26/2021 – Price Transparency’s Slow Burn
- 4/18/2021 – N.C. Senate passes SHP bill focused on contract limits, coverage extensions
- 4/16/2021 – ‘Scrutinize your medical bills': NC State Treasurer Dale Folwell calling for more billing transparency
- 4/14/2021 – Bill to make medical bill data accessible moves forward
- 4/8/2021 – Some NC hospitals are not complying with federal price transparency rules, state treasurer says
- 4/2/2021 – Treasurer Folwell says hospitals not so transparent on prices, despite federal rules
- 4/1/2021 – NC Treasurer Folwell criticizes hospitals over new federal transparency rule
- 3/31/2021 – North Carolina lawmakers working together to increase health care pricing transparency
- 3/26/2021 – State Senate passes SHP bill focused on contracts, coverage of disabled children
- 3/24/2021 – State treasurer presses again on health cost transparency
- 2/9/2021 – Is price transparency the key to lowering health care costs?
- 1/14/2021 – Recent ruling bolsters NC State Treasurer’s Clear Pricing Project
- 1/12/2021 – A Solution for Budget-Busting Hospital Bills
- 1/10/2021 – Want to comparison-shop for health services? New federal plan aims to help
- 1/5/2021 – Folwell calls on North Carolina hospitals to follow federal health care transparency rule
- 3/1/2020 - Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson: The North Carolina Project
- 2/22/2020 - Expect Reference-Based Pricing to Get a Serious Reboot
- 1/25/2020 - State Treasurer Dale Folwell discusses N.C. efforts to combat surprise medical billing
- 1/10/2020 - Union ad targets North Carolina hospital's billing practices
- 7/27/19- "Dale Folwell: Secret contracts drive up health care costs"
- 7/25/19 - "NC State Health Plan network reopens sign-up period"
- 7/4/2019 - "Can this plan reduce health care prices?" Former CEO at Randolph Healthcare shares his thoughts on the Clear Pricing Project
- 5/23/2019 - Charlotte medical group agrees to SHP contracts
- 5/13/2019 - State Health Plan reimbursement contracts made available; RAND report shows Folwell's initiative has merit
- 5/13/2019 - Dept of Insurance approves new provider network contracts for State Health Plan
- 5/6/2019 - Folwell talks insurance reform with state employees
- 4/17/2019 - Morganton News-Herald: Bill is bad for health care
- 4/16/2019 - NC Treasurer Folwell offers remedy for State Health Plan woes
- 4/5/2019 - N.C. reference-based pricing plan hits roadblock
- 4/4/2019 - House bill delays efforts to control runaway state employee health care costs
- 3/26/2019 - This plan could save money for state workers and taxpayers, but it has few defenders in NC House
- 3/13/2019 - State Health Plan, Folwell increase reimbursement rates for hospitals
- 2/22/2019 - SEANC's Robert Broome explains the Clear Pricing Project
- 2/20/2019 - On State Health Plan changes, Folwell hits gas while lawmakers threaten to tap brakes
- 2/19/2019 - State Health Plan changes could be good for state workers, bad for hospitals
- 2/19/2019 - Compromise sought but hard to reach with State Health Plan payment dispute