Political Pulse for March 17, 2023
Medicaid expansion continues to be the big story this week. Thomas Kincheloe explains where it…
Political Pulse for March 9, 2023
https://youtu.be/cOHxI15JvtQ Raleigh has been busy with issues important to NCMS members for the…
NCMS Political Pulse February 16, 2023
The legislative long session is very busy this week. HB76, which would expand Medicaid access to…
Political Pulse for Feb. 3, 2023 – New 2023 Long Session Underway
The 2023 North Carolina Long Session officially kicked off on January 11th, and it has been a busy…
Political Pulse for November 18, 2022
The 2022 Midterm Election leaves NC health professionals with many questions. NCMS Political Pulse…
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.…
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…
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…
NCMS Political Pulse for May 7, 2021
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA, provides the highlights of a busy…
NCMS Political Pulse 4-30-21
Get the latest on what has been happening at the NC General Assembly this week in this video with…
NCMS Political Pulse 4-23-21
It was another busy week at the NC General Assembly as the crossover deadline on May 14 approaches.…
NCMS Political Pulse for April 16, 2021
Even though the NC General Assembly was on their spring break last week, many bills were filed…
NCMS Political Pulse for April 2, 2021
With legislators looking forward to their 'spring break' next week, there were a flurry of bills…
NCMS Political Pulse for March 26, 2021
Watch as NCMS Director of Legislative Relations Sue Ann Forrest, MPA recounts the week's events at…
NCMS Political Pulse for March 19, 2021
This week we are mobilizing our grassroots network to oppose the SAVE Act, a proposal that would…
NCMS Political Pulse for March 12, 2021
The budget process continues during this legislative long session and the NCMS is advocating for…