http://projects.newsobserver.com/taxonomy/term/1680/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/dobsons_out_at_dhhs <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>The assistant secretary of the <a href="http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/">Department of Health and Human Services</a> has resigned.</p><p>Dr. Allen Dobson, who has been a state DHHS employee for a little more than two years, will leave his job at the end of this month, Lynn Bonner reports.</p><p>He was a chief lieutenant to Secretary Carmen Hooker Odom. She announced her <a href="/blogs/hooker_odoms_out">resignation</a> in May. </p><p>Dobson, who lives in Mt. Pleasant, was hired as the state Medicaid director in July 2005.</p><p>He has a long association with the department, having been an early champion of Community Care, a Medicaid program that seeks to control costs by coordinating patients&#39; health care.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/dobsons_out_at_dhhs#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/dobsons_out_at_dhhs#comment Allen Dobson Carmen Hooker Odom Community Care Health and Human Services Medicaid Under the Dome Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:23:23 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 1861 at http://projects.newsobserver.com