Congressional Update – Action Needed to Fix Medicare. How You Can Help Now.
Congressional Update: Action Needed to Fix Medicare
PAI Offers Medicare Red Tape Relief Recommendations
The Physician’s Advocacy Institute (PAI), of which North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) CEO Robert…
Physician Community Offers Comments on Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule
Physician organizations like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Physicians Advocacy…
Are You Eligible for a Quality Payment Program Hardship Exemption?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) Hardship…
Free Webinar: Transformation to Value-Based Payments Under the ACO Model
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and the NC Medical Group Management Association are…
New Web Page for Clinicians Working in Small, Rural or Underserved Areas
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) We recently launched a new section on the…
What You Need To Know about the New Medicare Cards Coming in April
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 requires the removal of Social…
Did You Subscribe to the PQRS Listserv? If Yes, Then Read This
Subscribers to the PQRS listserv are encouraged to sign up for the new CMS Quality Payment Program…
Do You Need to Participate in MIPS? Do You Know What MIPS Is?
The answers to these pressing questions are available through a new interactive tool on the Centers…
NC Population Health Collaborative Grows Significantly
The NC Population Health Collaborative held its first meeting of 2017 with Accountable Care…
Practical Lessons in Quality Improvement Available To Your Practice for Free
Registration is now open for the Spring 2017 Quality Improvement Workshop focusing on prevention…
MACRA Is Here to Stay. Now What Do You Do?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has many resources to help you understand and…
NCMS Staff Featured at Upcoming NCHICA Health Policy Workshop
Several North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) staff will be speaking at the North Carolina…
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…
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…
NC MSSP & Next Gen Council Convenes
More than 30 representatives of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and Next Generation…
New Help in Understanding MACRA
Just before Thanksgiving, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a tool to…
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…
‘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…
NC Population Health Collaborative Convenes in Greensboro
Nearly 100 people attended the NC Population Health Collaborative, formerly known as the ACO…
Another Workshop To Help Your Practice Make the Transition to Value
Is your practice ready for the transition to value-driven health care? If not, the North Carolina…
NCMS Signs On to AMA and Coalition MACRA Comment Letters
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) has signed onto letters from the American Medical…
Understanding MACRA – We Can Help
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 – MACRA – is a massive piece of…
Learn About MACRA and the Quality Payment Programs
To help make sense of what implementation of the massive MACRA legislation might mean to you and…
In the News
The Superbug That Doctors Have Been Dreading Just Reached the US, The Washington Post, 5-27-16 CVS…
Don’t Push the Panic Button on MACRA – Get Educated Instead
The recently released proposed rule to implement the Medicare Access and CHIPS Reauthorization Act…
Understand the Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The North Carolina Medical Society’s (NCMS) Director of Health Policy Jennifer Gasperini has…
Implementation of MACRA Has Started
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first proposed update…