A federal agency has approved a state amendment giving East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine a boost in federal dollars for Medicaid patients treated at its clinical practice.

The boost potentially will allow Brody to break even financially for the first time in three years. The change also will take effect at University of North Carolina's Health Care.

Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean of Brody School of Medicine, said he was “delighted” by the go-ahead given last week by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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