Physician Community Offers Comments on Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule
Physician organizations like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Physicians Advocacy…
NCDHHS Releases Updated Plan for Medicaid Reform
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) yesterday, Aug. 8, released an…
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…
Are You Eligible for a Quality Payment Program Hardship Exemption?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) Hardship…
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…
SHIIP – NC’s Medicare Assistance Program – Fears Federal Funding Cuts
The Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), the division of the North Carolina…
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),…
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…
CMS Offers More Flexibility In Meeting MACRA Requirements
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week it would offer more…
Proposal Would Make Major Changes to Medicaid Reform Provisions
The North Carolina Senate Health Committee on Thursday morning passed and referred to the Senate…
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…
In the News
Key Insurer Centene Plans to Expand Health Exchange Presence, ABC News, 6-13-17 500,000 Providers…
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…
Ambulatory Surgery Centers See Medicaid Recoupment
NCTracks has issued a notice to 34 Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) throughout the state that a…
NCMS Comments on State’s Medicaid Reforms
Over the month of May, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) held…
United Healthcare To Hold Medicaid Listening Session
United Healthcare will hold a ‘listening session’ for Medicaid providers on Wednesday, June 14,…
In the News
A New Zika Threat Hovers As Summer's Mosquitoes Get Bzzzzy, Kaiser Health News, 5-30-17 Behavioral…
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…
Michael Stoiko, MD Speaks At NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session
Michael Stoiko, MD, a pediatric intensivist with Coastal Children's Services in Wilmington, spoke…
Jennifer Van Vickle, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session
Jennifer Van Vickle, MD, a diagnostic radiologist in Raleigh specializing in the screening and…
James Foster, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session
James Foster, MD, a Raleigh cardiologist, called for expanded coverage for those low-income North…
Elizabeth Campbell, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session
Elizabeth Campbell, MD, a Wake County oncologist, said that expanding Medicaid would help health…
David Tayloe, Jr , MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session
David Tayloe, Jr., MD, a Goldsboro pediatrician, termed the move to Medicaid managed care "the…
Charlie Rhodes, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session
Charlie Rhodes, MD, a family physician from Mount Pleasant, NC, and the president of the North…
Updated Medicaid Reimbursement for Vaccines and Contraceptives May Come This Summer
Primary care physicians and obstetricians-gynecologists received some promising news recently. The…
NCMS Statement on BCBSNC's Announcement
Today Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) and Amerigroup (part of…
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…
Quick Action Limits Another Medicaid Rate Cut and Recoupment
Immediate action by the North Carolina Pediatric Society and the North Carolina Medical Society…
Have You Received Your MIPS Participation Letter Yet?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is mailing letters letting you know if you…
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…
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…
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…
In the News
Docs Left in Dark By CMS Over MACRA Compliance Requirements, Modern Healthcare, 3-16-17 HHS…
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…