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