Bowtie Briefing for June 2, 2017: House Budget Passes; NCMS Board Strategizes

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Legislative News: NC House Budget Vote This Week

As the Bulletin goes to press Wednesday afternoon, the North Carolina House is considering…

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NCMS Prioritizes Improving North Carolinians’ Health and Expanding Professional Leadership

At an innovative retreat held in Chapel Hill the weekend of May 19-21, the North Carolina Medical…

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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…

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Ambulatory Surgery Centers See Medicaid Recoupment

NCTracks has issued a notice to 34 Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) throughout the state that a…

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NCMS Comments on State’s Medicaid Reforms

Over the month of May, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) held…

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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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United Healthcare To Hold Medicaid Listening Session

United Healthcare will hold a ‘listening session’ for Medicaid providers on Wednesday, June 14,…

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Learning Opportunities

NCTracks is conducting Regional NC Tracks Seminars to help educate new providers, billing staff of…

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In the News

A New Zika Threat Hovers As Summer's Mosquitoes Get Bzzzzy, Kaiser Health News, 5-30-17 Behavioral…

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PT Licensure for Military Spouses

HB 57 - Enact Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Primary Sponsors: Rep. John Szoka (R –…

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Bowtie Briefing for May 26, 2017: House Budget Reveal

Chip Baggett shares some more details on the recent NC DHHS hearings on Medicaid reform, his brief…

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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…

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Michael Stoiko, MD Speaks At NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Michael Stoiko, MD, a pediatric intensivist with Coastal Children's Services in Wilmington, spoke…

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Jennifer Van Vickle, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Jennifer Van Vickle, MD, a diagnostic radiologist in Raleigh specializing in the screening and…

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James Foster, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

James Foster, MD, a Raleigh cardiologist, called for expanded coverage for those low-income North…

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Elizabeth Campbell, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Elizabeth Campbell, MD, a Wake County oncologist, said that expanding Medicaid would help health…

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David Tayloe, Jr , MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

David Tayloe, Jr., MD, a Goldsboro pediatrician, termed the move to Medicaid managed care "the…

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Charlie Rhodes, MD – NC DHHS Medicaid Listening Session

Charlie Rhodes, MD, a family physician from Mount Pleasant, NC, and the president of the North…

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Bowtie Briefing for May 19, 2017 – Medicaid Hearing Wrap-Up

Chip Baggett provides a wrap-up of the recent Raleigh Medicaid Reform hearing by NC DHHS and also…

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Updated Medicaid Reimbursement for Vaccines and Contraceptives May Come This Summer

Primary care physicians and obstetricians-gynecologists received some promising news recently. The…

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NCMS Statement on BCBSNC's Announcement

Today Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) and Amerigroup (part of…

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NC Legislative Update: Staying Vigilant as Budget Process Moves Ahead

The NC Senate unveiled their spending plan for the biennium last week, and the North Carolina…

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What To Know About the ‘WannaCry’ Ransomware as a Health Care Professional

As you probably heard, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) received…

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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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Meet the Payers at the Multi-Payer Expo On Tuesday in Winston-Salem

Physicians, practice managers and staff will have access to representatives from many of the…

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NCMS Plan’s George Fanelli Announces Retirement

Longtime North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Employee Benefit Plan employee George Fanelli…

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In the News

Fact Checker: Trump's Claim Veterans Received 42 percent More Approvals To Get Non-VA Health Care,…

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Learning Opportunities

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