Dozens of physicians and PAs meet to learn more about NCMS priorities and member benefits in Fayetteville
The North Carolina Medical Society held it’s first Regional Meeting of 2025 at Luigi’s Italian Chophouse in Fayetteville Thursday night.
A crowd of physicians, PAs, Residents , and Students gathered to hear the latest on how NCMS is fighting for them across the state. NCMS Board President, Dr. John Meier spoke to the crowd about how the NCMS is working on Prior Authorization reform, AI, physician burnout, and advocacy events planned for the year. He was followed by NCMS Board member Dr. Karen Smith who gave insight into her experience as an NCMS member and representative to the AMA. She also told the crowd about how the NCMS celebrates diversity and is welcoming to both physicans and PAs.
Other NCMS staff was on hand to answer questions about NCMS membership, NCMS leadership training opportunities, the Community Practitioner Program, and other NCMS perks of membership. Vice President of Advocacy John Thompson updated attendees on the upcoming focus on prior authorization reform and what NCMS is working on in the early days of the new General Assembly in Raleigh.
A robust question and answer session focused on prior authorization with questions that included what NCMS was doing, howe NCMS is working with the AMA on a host of issues, and about the NCMS efforts to bring physicians and PAs to rural and underserved areas of the state.