The Fall 2021 Bulletin Is Now Online
Perfect for this season of giving, the fall edition of the NCMS Bulletin magazine focuses on the…
NCMS/NCMGMA Lunch & Learn Webinar: Legislative Update (11/16/2021)
Watch as Dave Horne, Josh Grant and Robert Shaw from Smith Anderson provide a year-end legislative…
Political Pulse for October 22, 2021
Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, doesn’t have too much to report from the legislature this week, but she does…
NCMS Morning Rounds for Oct. 15, 2021
While the NC House and NC Senate have an agreed upon budget document, which has not been made…
NCMS Political Pulse for Oct. 8, 2021
The focus this week at the General Assembly was an energy bill moving through committee while…
NCMS Political Pulse for October 1, 2021
Finally, we've reached the last step in the state budgeting process and hope to have a final…
NCMS Political Pulse for Sept. 24, 2021
This week, NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, welcomes NC Sen. Jim Perry…
Political Pulse for Sept. 17, 2021
Director of Legislative Relations, Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, highlights some important events in this…
NCMS Political Pulse for September 10, 2021
It was a short and relatively uneventful week at the General Assembly this week as budget…
Political Pulse for Sept. 3, 2021
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, thanks those who attended the Sept.…
Political Pulse for August 27, 2021
It was a week of slow-moving negotiations on the budget process and of faster action on several…
NCMS Political Pulse for Aug. 20, 2021
This week budget conferees were named. These individuals, who included committee chairs and…
Political Pulse for August 13, 2021
The NC House released their budget this week and NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann…
NCMS Political Pulse for Aug. 6, 2021
HB96--Allow Pharmacists to Administer Injectable Drugs, was heard in the Senate Rules Committee and…
Political Pulse for July 30, 2021
Additional Information: American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Health Related Draft…
Political Pulse for July 23, 2021
While this week was supposed to be a lighter week at the General Assembly, several health related…
NCMS Political Pulse for July 16, 2021
This week, the NCMS along with several specialty societies met with legislators to discuss…
NCMS Political Pulse for July 2, 2021
The state's long awaited transformation to Medicaid managed care took place this week To aide in…
Summer 2021 Bulletin Magazine Now Online
Happy summer! In this issue of the NCMS Bulletin we explore health behavior and an innovative…
NCMS Political Pulse for June 25, 2021
Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, has delved into the details of the…
NCMS Political Pulse for June 18, 2021
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, reports from the NC General Assembly…
NCMS Political Pulse for June 11, 2021
Could a budget agreement be near? NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA,…
KIPL Power Hour: End of Life and Palliative Care (6/4/2021)
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families…
NCMS Political Pulse for June 4, 2021
The budget process is underway -- sort of -- at the NC General Assembly. Neither the House nor…
KIPL Power Hour: Mental Health and Indigenous Populations
In the US, 5.2 million Americans identify as American Indian or Alaska Native (2010 decennial…
NCMS Political Pulse for May 28, 2021
This week at the NC General Assembly several bills of note to physicians and PAs were moving…
NCMS Political Pulse for May 21, 2021
While the NC House was relatively quiet this week, the NC Senate was busy with several legislative…
NCMS Political Pulse for May 14, 2021
We are through crossover week at the NC General Assembly and on to the budget process in the coming…
KIPL Power Hour: Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition (5/7/2021)
In the United States, health care costs are some of the most expensive in the world, however our…
NCMS Political Pulse for May 7, 2021
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, provides the highlights of a busy…