The North Carolina Medical Society is now offering the Legislative Update podcasts to help keep you informed of the latest news in the legislature, and regulatory affairs. http://www.ncmedsoc.org/pages/ncms_podcasts/index.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:27:11 -0400 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:55:17 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.4) http://www.feedforall.com This week in the legislation was a milestone for mental health. 4 min 29 seconds http://www.ncmedsoc.org 5DB47E2B-2666-419D-925F-A88B90FC6E39 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:27:07 -0400 Budget negotiators have been working late into the night, and even into the early morning to finalize allocations for the next two years. 4 min 29 seconds http://www.ncmedsoc.org 445B709A-EF10-4AE1-813B-470944003675 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:00:06 -0400 This week the House and the Senate budget writers reached an agreement to extend the fiscal resources of the State for another 30 days. This continuing resolution provides more time for the chambers to work out differences in opinion about the revenue package for the budget. 3 min. 37 sec. https://secure.ncmedsoc.org C2A59211-DA27-4548-9002-949BA62F84EF Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:40:45 -0400 The spending priorities and finance package for the 2007-2007 Budget have been debated heavily in the subcommittees this week. Taxes and the Medicaid county share remain at the forefront of the discussions. The subcommittees are hoping to have their spending plans finalized simultaneously which would allow for a speedy adoption of the budget. 3min. 5 sec. http://www.ncmedsoc.org 140D738D-BBCD-468B-A6E6-E5E02F332E0F Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:03:31 -0400 North Carolina Medical Society June 8, 2007. This week the House voted not to concur with the Senate proposed budget. 4 min. 58 sec. http://www.ncmedsoc.org 1146139A-5113-491D-AED0-A59ED9062623 Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:12:51 -0400 This is the North Carolina Medical Society's legislative update for June 1, 2007. The North Carolina State House passed a budget that maintains Medicaid reimbursement rates at 95% of Medicare. 5 min. http://www.ncmedsoc.org F8D619EA-FFDD-49BC-8AF2-30D52747DE93 Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:05:41 -0400 The North Carolina State Senate will vote Monday night on landmark legislation that will place limits on recoupment timelines by insurers that have never before been defined by NC law. 5 min. http://www.ncmedsoc.org 8D25F4A4-4ADB-4A8F-BC2B-0B55979A0770 Mon, 21 May 2007 08:36:44 -0400 The week of May 4-11th legislative news related to the physicians of North Carolina 5 min 36 seconds http://www.ncmedsoc.org 552E198D-4A6C-426E-91CA-1AD36D9D1378 Mon, 14 May 2007 16:25:16 -0400 The North Carolina Medical Society's Legislative update pod cast for the week of April 28- May 5th 2007. This week was one of the busiest yet for House members. A number of bills of interest to medicine were decided upon or sent back to committee for further work. 5 min http://www.ncmedsoc.org/pages/ncms_podcasts/index.html 2FC1112A-5E18-421F-AF1D-33A68A5A5D86 Fri, 4 May 2007 16:52:16 -0400