Physician Community Offers Comments on Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule

Physician organizations like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Physicians Advocacy…

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NCDHHS Releases Updated Plan for Medicaid Reform

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) yesterday, Aug. 8, released an…

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ALERT: Medicaid To Require Prior Approval for Some Opioid Dosing Beginning Aug. 27

Be aware that beginning Aug. 27, NCTracks will require prior approval for opioid analgesic doses…

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Are You Eligible for a Quality Payment Program Hardship Exemption?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) Hardship…

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Letter To HHS Secretary Price Offers Feedback on Health Care Regulation

In a recent letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, MD, the North Carolina…

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SHIIP – NC’s Medicare Assistance Program – Fears Federal Funding Cuts

The Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), the division of the North Carolina…

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Senate Delays Vote on Health Care Bill; Read the NCMS Position on BCRA

The Senate has decided to postpone its vote on the proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA),…

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What You Need To Know about the New Medicare Cards Coming in April

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 requires the removal of Social…

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CMS Offers More Flexibility In Meeting MACRA Requirements

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week it would offer more…

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Proposal Would Make Major Changes to Medicaid Reform Provisions

The North Carolina Senate Health Committee on Thursday morning passed and referred to the Senate…

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A Cautionary Tale: Know the Process for Medicare Quality of Care Complaints

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Solution Center recently received a call from a member…

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In the News

Key Insurer Centene Plans to Expand Health Exchange Presence, ABC News, 6-13-17 500,000 Providers…

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MSSP & Next Gen Council Members Share Best Practices

The NC MSSP & Next Gen Council held its second quarter meeting of 2017 on Thursday, May 25, at…

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Ambulatory Surgery Centers See Medicaid Recoupment

NCTracks has issued a notice to 34 Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) throughout the state that a…

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NCMS Comments on State’s Medicaid Reforms

Over the month of May, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) held…

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United Healthcare To Hold Medicaid Listening Session

United Healthcare will hold a ‘listening session’ for Medicaid providers on Wednesday, June 14,…

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In the News

A New Zika Threat Hovers As Summer's Mosquitoes Get Bzzzzy, Kaiser Health News, 5-30-17 Behavioral…

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NCMS President Paul Cunningham, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Paul R.G. Cunningham, MD, president of the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) spoke at the North…

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Michael Stoiko, MD Speaks At NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Michael Stoiko, MD, a pediatric intensivist with Coastal Children's Services in Wilmington, spoke…

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Jennifer Van Vickle, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Jennifer Van Vickle, MD, a diagnostic radiologist in Raleigh specializing in the screening and…

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James Foster, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

James Foster, MD, a Raleigh cardiologist, called for expanded coverage for those low-income North…

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Elizabeth Campbell, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Elizabeth Campbell, MD, a Wake County oncologist, said that expanding Medicaid would help health…

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David Tayloe, Jr , MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

David Tayloe, Jr., MD, a Goldsboro pediatrician, termed the move to Medicaid managed care "the…

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Charlie Rhodes, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Charlie Rhodes, MD, a family physician from Mount Pleasant, NC, and the president of the North…

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Updated Medicaid Reimbursement for Vaccines and Contraceptives May Come This Summer

Primary care physicians and obstetricians-gynecologists received some promising news recently. The…

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NCMS Statement on BCBSNC's Announcement

Today Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) and Amerigroup (part of…

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Do You Need to Participate in MIPS? Do You Know What MIPS Is?

The answers to these pressing questions are available through a new interactive tool on the Centers…

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Quick Action Limits Another Medicaid Rate Cut and Recoupment

Immediate action by the North Carolina Pediatric Society and the North Carolina Medical Society…

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Have You Received Your MIPS Participation Letter Yet?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is mailing letters letting you know if you…

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NC DHHS Seeking Your Comments on Medicaid Reform

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) just issued a call for public…

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Legislative Update: As Crossover Looms Here Are Several Key Bills To Watch

The North Carolina Medical Society’s (NCMS) advocacy team will be spending most of their waking…

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NCMS Signs On to Letter Asking CMS to Reduce Regulatory Burdens, Penalties

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) along with other state medical and specialty societies…

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In the News

Docs Left in Dark By CMS Over MACRA Compliance Requirements, Modern Healthcare, 3-16-17 HHS…

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NCMS Meets with Key US Congressional Leaders on ACA and Other Issues in DC

Last week was an extraordinarily busy week for health care advocates in Washington, D.C. North…

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