Archive for October, 2009
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Bulletin for 10-29-2009
Volume 60 Issue 50 10-29-2009 Featured Stories Community Practitioner Program Celebrates 20 Years of Success On Friday, the NCMS Community Practitioner Program (CPP) will officially celebrate its 20th Anniversary at […]
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Community Practitioner Program Celebrates 20 Years of Success
On Friday, the NCMS Community Practitioner Program (CPP) will officially celebrate its 20th Anniversary at the Raleigh Marriott City Center Hotel. Current and past CPP providers will join supporters and representatives of CPP Partnerships in celebrating and renewing the program’s goal of providing access to quality medical care to economically distressed and medically underserved communities in North Carolina.
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2009 NCMS Annual Meeting Gets Underway in Raleigh this Weekend
The 155th NCMS 2009 Annual Meeting will be held this weekend at the Raleigh Marriott City Center Hotel in the heart of the Capital City. If you can’t join us, be sure to follow events and proceedings on the Doctor to Doctor Blog.
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NCMS and Others Comment on BCBSNC Contract Addendum
NCMS, NCMGM, NCAFP and NCSA have sent a letter to Commissioner Wayne Goodwin (PDF) asking for his review of a recently mailed Addendum to the BCBSNC agreement. The letter asserts that the addendum is non-compliant with Senate Bill 877, otherwise known as the Fair Contracting legislation.
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State Epidemiologist Issues Information on Severe Influenza in Pregnancy and FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Peramivir
State Epidemiologist Megan Davies, MD, issued a one-page guidance on Tuesday for physicians, Severe Influenza in Pregnancy: Consultation and Reporting (click the title to read the guidance). The guidance provides information […]
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Thousands Vaccinated, with More Vaccine on the Way
State health officials reported this week that 441,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine have been administered in North Carolina over the past four weeks. State Health Director Jeffrey Engel, MD, announced […]
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NC MD Calls on Ophthalmologists to “Work Together Like A Family”
The outgoing president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAP), Michael W. Brennan, MD, of Burlington, NC, called for ophthalmologists “to work together like a family, both with colleagues and […]
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Physicians: Participate in a Survey on Cognitive Enhancement
You are invited to participate in a survey being carried out by the National Core for Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia. The research objective is to assess the attitudes […]
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Bulletin for 10-23-2009
Bulletin Volume 60 Issue 49 10-23-2009 Featured Stories U.S. Senate Fails to Consider S. 1776 The US Senate blocked a vote to consider Senate Bill 1776 on Wednesday. Known as […]
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U.S. Senate Fails to Consider S. 1776
The US Senate blocked a vote to consider Senate Bill 1776 on Wednesday. Known as the Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009, the legislation would have provided a permanent fix to the flawed SGR formula. Currently Medicare physician payments will be cut by 21.5% beginning January 2010 unless Congress takes action.
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