NC Medical Board Refines Safe Opioid Prescribing Initiative Criteria
The North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) voted last month to refine how they determine who will be…
First Proposed CMS Rule of Trump Administration
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its first proposed rule…
Be Aware: New Closed Formulary for State Health Plan Patients
As previously reported in your North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Bulletin, the State Health…
Update: Prior Authorization Reform Initiative
As reported in the last Bulletin the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) is part of a coalition…
NCMS In Touch with Congressional Leaders on Health Reform
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) was in Washington, DC, yesterday speaking with…
NCMS Webinar: Employment Law Issues Facing Your Practice
Join the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and the North Carolina Medical Group Managers for a…
Bowtie Briefing for January 27, 2017 – Legislative Update
Chip Baggett, JD, provides a quick update on this week's legislative developments, including a new…
Learn What’s Ahead Under the New Quality Payment Program
The pundits agree that while the fate of the Affordable Care Act is uncertain, the Medicare Access…
Beware: DEA Will Only Remind You To Renew Once in 2017
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a notice that only one renewal notification…
DEA Will Only Remind You Once in 2017
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a notice that only one renewal notification…
Take the First Steps to Understanding What MACRA Means for You
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) stands ready to help you understand and navigate the move…
Changes to BCBSNC Formulary Coverage Coming January 1, 2017
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is spreading the word about changes to their…
AMA Endorses Price as HHS Secretary and Outlines Post-Election Advocacy Agenda
The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement this week from the chair of its Board of…
CMS Seeks to Improve Clinician Engagement Under New Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a new initiative to…
NCMS Fielding Questions On New Nondiscrimination in Health Programs Rule
Last May, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule implementing…
‘Pick Your Pace’ of Adoption of the Quality Payment Program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering physicians four options for how…
CMS Offers Resource To Help Medicare Beneficiaries Protect Their Privacy
Health care fraud drives up costs for everyone in the health care system. To help your Medicare…
BCBSNC Extends Date for Mid-Level Provider Credentialing
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has extended the deadline for mid-level…
Get the Latest on Employment Law Changes Facing Medical Practices
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Foundation in cooperation with the North Carolina Medical…
NCMS Joins Others In Opposing the VA’s Plan for APRNs
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) has joined with other state and specialty medical…
Legislation Touts Meaningful Use Program Flexibility and Hardship Relief
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Regulatory Relief Act (S. 3173), which recently was introduced…
AMA Offers Proposed Fee Schedule Rule Summaries
The AMA advocacy staff is preparing formal comments on the rules the Centers for Medicare and…
Physician Groups and the Insurance Mega Mergers
The US Department of Justice filed suit last week to block Anthem's proposed purchase of Cigna and…
Important Reminder about Billing Requirements for Certain Dual-Eligibles
In conversations with officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the AMA was…
2017 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed; Comments Now Accepted
On July 7, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the Physician…
NCMS Joins in Opposing Insurance ‘Mega-Mergers’
Forty-three state and national organizations including the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS)…
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…
The Value of an NCMS Membership Made Clear Once Again
Fulcrum Strategies, a Raleigh firm that represents practices in managed care contract negotiations,…
New Rule on CME on Opioid Abuse Open for Comment
The North Carolina Medical Board has published its proposed rule to implement the General…
CMS Releases Two Landmark Directives on Medicaid and Medicare
Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rule on Medicaid…
Commissioner Goodwin: Report BCBSNC problems to DOI
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is specifically asking physician practices to…
Bowtie Briefing for February 19, 2016 – NC HIEA Update
NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, provides an update on the transition to the…
Physician Groups Continue to Press DOJ to Reject Insurance Mergers
The Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) continues to press the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to…
Medicaid Physician Drug Program Reimbursement — Is It An Issue for Your Practice?
Due to a rate freeze in Medicaid’s Physician Drug Program that occurred in 2010, a growing number…
Monday is Deadline to Submit PQRS Review Request
Monday, Nov. 23, is the deadline for eligible providers, comprehensive primary care practice sites…
Update: Health Insurance Mergers
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) along with our national partners, The Physicians…
Enrollment is Open – Helping Patients Get Insurance on the Health Care Exchange
Open enrollment for individual insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began Sunday,…
CMS Extends Deadline for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Informal Review Process
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the 2014 Informal Review period…
NCMS Closely Monitoring Proposed Health Insurance Mergers
The proposed mergers between health insurance giants Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna have…
AMA Resources Help to Understand New Payment Model in Commercial Payer Contracts
Commercial payers are increasingly pursuing contracts with physicians based on new payment models,…
AMA Study: Health Insurance Mergers Would Diminish Competition in Many States
From AMA reports The combined impact of proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health…
Bowtie Briefing for July 24, 2015
Get the latest update on two bills, one impacting physician assistants and the other on how you…
BCBS Rate Increase Request Not Off-Set by ACA Reimbursements
A July 7 article in the Raleigh News & Observer reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of…
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