The NCMS and NCMS Foundation are dedicated to…
Finding practice management solutions for NCMS members
- The NCMS works on issues surrounding payer-provider relations and payment reform and most recently has been tracking the implementation of Medicaid Transformation. Check out the recent compilation of Medicaid Transformation resources.
- The NCMS joined with NCMS partner Recovery Platform to respond to quickly evolving practice management needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing a free telehealth solution called Presence.
Offering help in a crisis
- The NCMS quickly recognized the desperate need for PPE after the coronavirus outbreak, advocating for and receiving a grant from the NC General Assembly for $5 million to provide free PPE to independent practices.
- Understanding the financial impact this pandemic has had on health care practices, the NCMS again approached the NCGA seeking assistance for our members; legislators responded by providing a $25 million grant to the NCMS Foundation to get relief funds to independent practices. We continue to fight for telehealth payment parity beyond this crisis as well as increased broadband access throughout the state.
Addressing public health issues and social determinants of health through Healthy NC Initiatives
- Aware of North Carolina’s low ranking in health care outcomes for mothers and infants, the NCMS hosted several Maternal and Infant Health Summits, bringing health care and community leaders together to address this important issue.
- The NCMS developed several innovative programs such as Project VBOT and Our Community Health Initiative (OCHI) to address opioid use disorder and social determinants of health respectively.
Improving access to care
- The NCMS oversees the Community Practitioner Program (CPP), which recently celebrated its 30th year. CPP places primary care physicians, PAs and NPs into underserved and economically distressed areas of the state in return for educational loan repayment. Since the program’s inception, over 430 primary care providers have been placed in 85 counties within North Carolina, providing over $425 million in care for under- and uninsured patients.
Exploring innovative models of healthcare
- Learn more about value-based care and how your practice can adopt an accountable care model by examining our Accountable Care Toolkits.
Advocating on behalf of NCMS members on regulatory issues
- The NCMS’ Ashley Rodriguez covers all issues pertaining to physician and PA oversight and regulation at the NC Medical Board and the NC Industrial Commission and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has compiled a list of recent regulatory and judicial developments.