North Carolina’s State Health Plan announced Friday it had requested a temporary restraining order in Wake County Superior Court to halt Atrium Health’s new “affordability program.”
State Treasurer Brad Briner, whose office oversees the State Health Plan, said while Atrium’s new program could lower out-of-pocket costs for some state employees at Atrium facilities, it is intended to destabilize the state’s own Preferred Provider Program and could push the plan into bankruptcy.
The State Health Plan has said that its new tiered provider system is designed to keep the plan that serves 750,000 members financially stable…