PAI Offers Medicare Red Tape Relief Recommendations

The Physician’s Advocacy Institute (PAI), of which North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) CEO Robert…

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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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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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Free Webinar: Transformation to Value-Based Payments Under the ACO Model

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and the NC Medical Group Management Association are…

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New Web Page for Clinicians Working in Small, Rural or Underserved Areas

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) We recently launched a new section on the…

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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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Did You Subscribe to the PQRS Listserv? If Yes, Then Read This

Subscribers to the PQRS listserv are encouraged to sign up for the new CMS Quality Payment Program…

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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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NC Population Health Collaborative Grows Significantly

The NC Population Health Collaborative held its first meeting of 2017 with Accountable Care…

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Practical Lessons in Quality Improvement Available To Your Practice for Free

Registration is now open for the Spring 2017 Quality Improvement Workshop focusing on prevention…

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MACRA Is Here to Stay. Now What Do You Do?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has many resources to help you understand and…

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NCMS Staff Featured at Upcoming NCHICA Health Policy Workshop

Several North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) staff will be speaking at the North Carolina…

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Learn What’s Ahead Under the New Quality Payment Program

The pundits agree that while the fate of the Affordable Care Act is uncertain, the Medicare Access…

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Take the First Steps to Understanding What MACRA Means for You

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) stands ready to help you understand and navigate the move…

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NC MSSP & Next Gen Council Convenes

More than 30 representatives of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and Next Generation…

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New Help in Understanding MACRA

Just before Thanksgiving, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a tool to…

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AMA Endorses Price as HHS Secretary and Outlines Post-Election Advocacy Agenda

The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement this week from the chair of its Board of…

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‘Pick Your Pace’ of Adoption of the Quality Payment Program

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering physicians four options for how…

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NC Population Health Collaborative Convenes in Greensboro

Nearly 100 people attended the NC Population Health Collaborative, formerly known as the ACO…

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Another Workshop To Help Your Practice Make the Transition to Value

Is your practice ready for the transition to value-driven health care?  If not, the North Carolina…

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NCMS Signs On to AMA and Coalition MACRA Comment Letters

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) has signed onto letters from the American Medical…

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Understanding MACRA – We Can Help

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 – MACRA – is a massive piece of…

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Learn About MACRA and the Quality Payment Programs

To help make sense of what implementation of the massive MACRA legislation might mean to you and…

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In the News

The Superbug That Doctors Have Been Dreading Just Reached the US, The Washington Post, 5-27-16 CVS…

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Don’t Push the Panic Button on MACRA – Get Educated Instead

The recently released proposed rule to implement the Medicare Access and CHIPS Reauthorization Act…

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Understand the Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The North Carolina Medical Society’s (NCMS) Director of Health Policy Jennifer Gasperini has…

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Implementation of MACRA Has Started

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first proposed update…

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