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New Data Show the Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP) Program, which Shut Down Last Summer, Saved North Carolina Residents with Medicaid More Money Than Previously Estimated.

Healthy Opportunities Pilots Lead to Healthier Outcomes and Reduce NC Medicaid Costs

A Closer Look at North Carolina’s Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Provisions and Other Changes Amid Medicaid Budget Shortfalls

After a Pioneering Program was Spiked, NC Organizations Build a New Path Forward

"The Root of Good Health" - HOP Documentary

NCDHHS Selects NC ROOTS Hub Leads to Strengthen Rural Health Care Across North Carolina

What Piqued Readers’ Interest in 2025? Six Stories of Reckonings in NC’s Health Care System

North Carolina Awarded $213 Million for Rural Health Transformation Program

Support for Community-Based Organizations New to Medicaid

Policy Strategies for State Medicaid Agencies to Advance Community Health and Well-Being

NC Pitches $1 Billion Plan to Overhaul Rural Health System

The Healthy Opportunities Pilot Drives $114M in Economic Impact and Creates Nearly 900 Jobs Across Western North Carolina

New analysis quantifies HOP’s ripple effects across diverse WNC sectors and industries Asheville, NC—A newly released economic impact analysis reveals that North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities

July 21, 2025

The Healthy Opportunities Pilot Drives $114M in Economic Impact and Creates Nearly 900 Jobs Across Western North Carolina

July 21, 2025