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On June 29, Gov. Roy Cooper signed the Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) Act of 2017 into…
The Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), the division of the North Carolina…
Chip Baggett, NCMS Senior VP for Advocacy and Advancement, provides the final Bowtie Briefing for…
The North Carolina legislature adjourned it's long session around 2:00 a.m. this morning. However,…
The Senate has decided to postpone its vote on the proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA),…
HB 894 – Veteran Health Care/Pilot Program Primary Sponsors: Rep. John Szoka (R – Cumberland), Rep.…
It's been a week of transformation at the NCGA, as two health care bills that started out with one…
Chip Baggett highlights two bills that moved this week, including a proposed Senate Committee…
The North Carolina Senate Health Committee on Thursday morning passed and referred to the Senate…
Legislative Update: Budget May Be Ready Soon Legislative leaders are optimistic that the budget…
For those who want the inside story directly from the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Senior…
This week was all about the budget at the General Assembly. Chip Baggett sums up the developments…
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As the Bulletin goes to press Wednesday afternoon, the North Carolina House is considering…
Over the month of May, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) held…
HB 57 - Enact Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Primary Sponsors: Rep. John Szoka (R –…
Chip Baggett shares some more details on the recent NC DHHS hearings on Medicaid reform, his brief…
Paul R.G. Cunningham, MD, president of the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) spoke at the North…
Michael Stoiko, MD, a pediatric intensivist with Coastal Children's Services in Wilmington, spoke…
Jennifer Van Vickle, MD, a diagnostic radiologist in Raleigh specializing in the screening and…
James Foster, MD, a Raleigh cardiologist, called for expanded coverage for those low-income North…
Elizabeth Campbell, MD, a Wake County oncologist, said that expanding Medicaid would help health…
David Tayloe, Jr., MD, a Goldsboro pediatrician, termed the move to Medicaid managed care "the…
Charlie Rhodes, MD, a family physician from Mount Pleasant, NC, and the president of the North…
Chip Baggett provides a wrap-up of the recent Raleigh Medicaid Reform hearing by NC DHHS and also…
The NC Senate unveiled their spending plan for the biennium last week, and the North Carolina…
