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…

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Gain a Broader Perspective on the Practice of Medicine

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Foundation offers three tracks of professional…

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Did You Watch the NCMS Bowtie Briefing This Week?

For those who want the inside story directly from the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Senior…

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In the News

Key Insurer Centene Plans to Expand Health Exchange Presence, ABC News, 6-13-17 500,000 Providers…

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Learning Opportunities

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

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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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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

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

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Quick Action Limits Another Medicaid Rate Cut and Recoupment

Immediate action by the North Carolina Pediatric Society and the North Carolina Medical Society…

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Legislative Update: Staying Vigilant After ‘Crossover’

Last Thursday the General Assembly passed the Crossover milestone in this long legislative session.…

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Organized Medicine Challenged Insurance Mega-Mergers and Won

On April 28, a federal appeals court upheld the lower court’s ruling to block industry giant…

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Have You Received Your MIPS Participation Letter Yet?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is mailing letters letting you know if you…

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