Quality of Care
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NC Pop Health Collaborative Addresses Medicaid Reform and Poverty
Mark your calendar for Thursday, Sept. 20, when the NC Population Health Collaborative will meet to consider population health with a focus on Medicaid transformation and poverty. The meeting will […]
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In the News
How Scientists Want to Use Sewers To Track the Spread of Opioids, STAT, 6-26-18 How Atul Gawande Landed the Most Extraordinary (Or Impossible) Job in Health Care, STAT, 6-26-18 Rx: […]
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NCMS Spotlight: Alyson Shogan, MD
Dr. Alyson Shogan describes how Duke Health rallied their clinicians around the Choosing Wisely grant they received to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use. Dr. Shogan explains the educational process for physicians, […]
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New Opportunity for Independent Primary Care Practices in NC
This week, Aledade, Inc., an organization that partners with primary care physicians to build and lead Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), joined with North Carolina-based Emtiro Health, LLC, to work together […]
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Bedside Manners: Uncovering Unconscious Bias featuring Kinneil Coltman, DHA
Dr. Kinneil Coltman explores unconscious bias and what the research shows its impact is on health care and health outcomes. Learn how to uncover your unconscious bias and how it […]
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In the News
Women’s Health Policy in the United States: An American College of Physicians Position Paper, Annals of Internal Medicine, 5-29-18 Do DIY Medical Tests Promise More Than They Can Deliver?, NPR, […]
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Help With MIPS is a Click Away
The Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) recently added several new resources to help physicians understand the 2018 participation rules for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Model […]
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MAHEC Collaborates to Implement Preconception Health Screening Tool
The Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville has partnered with a national maternal child health collaborative to test a new model that it helped to develop for assessing […]
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Subscribe to CMS’ ‘Patients over Paperwork’ Newsletter
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is trying to address physicians’ complaints about the massive amounts of paperwork/inputting of information under quality reporting requirements that oftentimes takes time […]
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NCMS Recognized At National Press Club Conference
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) was recognized yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, for its “innovativeness, support of value-based care and its commitment to addressing determinants […]
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