Bowtie Briefing for November 11, 2016: Election Results in NC Legislative Races
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, JD, covers the election results for eight NC…
Bowtie Briefing for November 4, 2016
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, briefs you on three items this week,…
Bowtie Briefing for October 21, 2016
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Bowtie Briefing for October 7, 2016
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, JD, assigns viewers some homework before the…
Bowtie Briefing for September 30, 2016
Chip Baggett, JD, NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, highlights six races in this week's…
Bowtie Briefing for Sept. 23, 2016: M3 Recap and Two Highlighted Elections
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, JD, recaps the events of last weekend's…
Bowtie Briefing for September 9, 2016: NCMS Elections & M3 Pre-Registration Ends 9/12
Chip Baggett, JD, Director of Legislative Relations, highlights the candidates up for NCMS Board…
What the National and Local Elections Might Mean for Physicians and PAs
While you may feel inundated with information about November’s national and local elections, be…
Bowtie Briefing for September 2, 2016: M3 Conference Advocacy Events
The Bowtie is Back! After a summer break, Chip Baggett, JD, Director of Legislative Relations, is…
Legislation Touts Meaningful Use Program Flexibility and Hardship Relief
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Regulatory Relief Act (S. 3173), which recently was introduced…
Legislative Short Session Concludes
This year North Carolina legislators actually kept their promise to wrap-up their work by the July…
NCMS Signs On To Bill Protecting Peer Reviewed Items from Sunshine Law
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) has signed on to a letter voicing strong support for…
Bowtie Briefing for July 8, 2016
Check out the final Bowtie Briefing of the year, which summarizes the legislative developments that…
Bowtie Briefing for July 1, 2016
Take a look at this week's legislative update, guest hosted by NCMS Associate General Counsel Conor…
General Assembly Clears Regulatory Hurdles for Medicare ACOs
This week the General Assembly completed its work on House Bill 287 – Amend Insurance Laws. This…
NCMS Pushed for Statewide Standing Order for Naloxone
Article by Minali Nigam, 2016 NCMS Foundation Medical Journalism Intern Last Monday at a press…
Bowtie Briefing for June 24, 2016
Melanie Phelps, JD, Deputy General Counsel at the NCMS, guest hosts today's Bowtie Briefing, which…
Bowtie Briefing for June 17, 2016
Guest host Conor Brockett, NCMS Associate General Counsel, offers this week's Bowtie Briefing,…
Legislative Update: Budget, CON, Naloxone
North Carolina House and Senate conferees continued their negotiations this week on a final budget…
Support for Medicare Audit Reform
Members of the US Senate Finance Committee, including Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), highlighted a new…
Bowtie Briefing for June 10, 2016
Guest host Denna Suko, Deputy Director for Specialty Societies and Meeting Services, shares this…
Bowtie Briefing for June 3, 2016
Our first guest host shares the legislative and advocacy updates for the week.
NC Senate Budget Addresses Use of CSRS
The North Carolina Senate released its proposed budget late Tuesday and various Senate committees…
Bowtie Briefing for May 27, 2016
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, covers a fast-moving legislative week, with…
Bowtie Briefing for May 20, 2016
This week's briefing highlights budget developments, advocacy days, and elections. Watch!
Bowtie Briefing for May 13, 2016
Get your weekly legislative update with Chip Baggett, NCMS Director of Legislative Relations! This…
Bowtie Briefing for May 6, 2016
Director of Legislative Relations Chip Baggett sums up a relatively quiet week at the General…
NC Legislative Session Now Underway — What to Watch
North Carolina’s state senators and representatives returned to Raleigh on Monday April 25, to…
Bowtie Briefing for April 29, 2016
Chip Baggett, NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, summarizes a busy opening week at the…
Legislative Round-Up: Short Session Begins Monday
As the General Assembly prepares to reconvene in Raleigh on Monday, April 25 for its short session,…
Bowtie Briefing for April 15, 2016
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, focuses on five important developments in…
Bowtie Briefing for April 8, 2016
Chip Baggett provides an update on the DHHS Listening Sessions on Medicaid Reform and also…
Bowtie Briefing for April 1, 2016
Chip Baggett shares his advice on how to best communicate with your legislator regarding issues…
Bowtie Briefing for March 24, 2016
No bowtie and a day early -- Chip Baggett, NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, throws us some…
Progress On RAC Audit Reform
North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) CEO Robert W. Seligson met last week with Nicholas Uehlecke,…
Bowtie Briefing for March 18, 2016
Check out this week's legislative update with NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Chip Baggett.……
Bowtie Briefing for March 11, 2016
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Chip Baggett shares developments regarding the Medicaid…
Bowtie Briefing for March 4, 2016 – Weekly Legislative Update
Chip Baggett focuses on four new developments in this week's legislative update: election…
Bowtie Briefing for February 19, 2016 – NC HIEA Update
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, provides an update on the transition to the…
Bowtie Briefing for February 12, 2016 – Election Update
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Chip Baggett shares his latest "Bowtie Briefing," focusing…
NCGA Committee Considers Relaxing Supervision Requirements in NC
On Tuesday, members of the North Carolina General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee…
NC Medicaid on Budget Target For Third Consecutive Year
Leaders from the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) presented a number of reports…
The Bowtie Is Back: Chip Baggett Hosts the First "Bowtie Briefing" for 2016
Primary elections are right around the corner, and Chip Baggett, NCMS Director of Legislative…
NCMS Board Begins New Year; Launches New Governance System
The 2016 North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Board of Directors held their initial meeting of the…
NCMS Working to Ensure Sensible Medicaid Reform
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) is meeting regularly with state officials charged with…
PAI Pushes for RAC Audit Reform
The Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) submitted additional comments this month on the Audit &…