NCMS Political Pulse August 22, 2022: The Surprises in the ‘No Surprises Act’
RALEIGH -- Congress passed the No Surprises Act to protect patients from surprise medical bills.…
Gov. Roy Cooper says he hopes to see agreement on Medicaid expansion soon
WASHINGTON -- Governor Roy Cooper was outside the White House Wednesday proclaiming he hopes to see…
Political Pulse July 8, 2022: Whew! Short Session is Over. What Happened?
RALEIGH -- The North Carolina General Assembly had a busy final week. Most of the work for the…
Political Pulse June 28, 2022, reaction to Medicaid Expansion in NC
RALEIGH, NC -- The North Carolina Medical Society is leading the way to change! A standalone…
Political Pulse for June 17, 2022
NCMS CEO/EVP Chip Baggett, JD, dives into the details around three important hot-topic legislative…
Political Pulse for May 25, 2022 – The rumors were true…
The new legislative session began this week, and NCMS CEO Chip Baggett summarizes the fast-moving…
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 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…
NCMS Political Pulse for June 11, 2021
Could a budget agreement be near? NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA,…
NCMS Political Pulse for June 4, 2021
The budget process is underway -- sort of -- at the NC General Assembly. Neither the House nor…