Carolina Public Press reports: North Carolina’s Medicaid agency has suspended Medicaid payments to Boone-based New River Behavior HealthCare, one of the largest providers of mental-health services in Western North Carolina, leaving the public agency to possibly suspend operations, Carolina Public Press learned Friday.

Carolina Public Press reports: North Carolina’s Medicaid agency has suspended Medicaid payments to Boone-based New River Behavior HealthCare, one of the largest providers of mental-health services in Western North Carolina, leaving the public agency to possibly suspend operations, Carolina Public Press learned Friday.