State Health Plan Archived Reports

Title	Release Date	Summary	Report/Attachments
2024 State Health Plan Annual Report	January 2024	An overview of the State Health Plan regarding governance, membership and operations.	View Report
Overcharged: State Employees, Cancer Drugs, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program	May 8, 2024	North Carolina hospitals used the safety-net 340B Drug Pricing Program to overcharge cancer patients, state employees, and taxpayers for oncology drugs.	View Report
North Carolina Hospitals: Extreme Price Markups, Failures in Transparency for Shoppable Hospital Services	September 11, 2023	Report that shows extreme variations in hospital prices, huge price markups from Medicare rates, and widespread failures in price transparency.	View Report
Hospitals Sue Patients: How Hospitals Use N.C. Court System to Collect Medical Debt,” “Hospital Lawsuits: Interviews with Patients	April 16, 2023	Study by Duke University School of Law researchers and the North Carolina Office of State Treasurer finds that North Carolina’s hospitals obtained legal judgments, including interest charges, from patients with medical debt.	View Report
Nonprofit Hospital Executive Pay	February 15, 2023	Report concludes Nonprofit Hospitals paid top executives more than $1.75 Billion over the past decade, doubling CEO compensation faster than previously believed.	View Report UNC Public Records Request
North Carolina Hospitals Profit on Medicare	October 25,2022	An analysis by the North Carolina State Health Plan and Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy found that the majority of North Carolina hospitals did not lose money on Medicare — they profited. This raises serious concerns over hospitals’ commitment to their patients and their charitable mission.	View Report
Hospitals Profit During COVID-19	June 15, 2022	An analysis by the North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy for State Health Policy found that taxpayer funded COVID relief gave a huge wealth transfer to North Carolina’s seven dominant hospital systems.	View Report Interactive Chart Interactive Map
N.C. Hospitals Bill the Poor	January 26, 2022	An analysis by the North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy for State Health Policy found that some North Carolina’s nonprofit hospitals are billing poor patients at a rate up to almost three times the national average.	View Report Interactive Map
North Carolina Hospitals: Charity Care Case Report	October 27, 2021	An analysis by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the North Carolina State Health Plan revealed that the majority of North Carolina nonprofit hospitals are not fully honoring their charitable mission.	View Report Interactive Map