NCMS Attends NCMB March Meetings. Here’s What You Need to Know.

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Updated CME Series in Opioid Prescribing and Responding to Addiction

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AMA: All-hands-on-deck needed to end disturbing trends on overdose deaths

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NCMSF’s Project OBOT Is Underway

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Understanding the STOP Act and What It Means for You

Gov. Roy Cooper signed the STOP Act into law in June 2017. This Act seeks to address the opioid…

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Reminder: DMA’s Prior Approval Criteria for Opioid Analgesics Begins Sunday

Effective this Sunday, Aug. 27, prior approval will be required for opioid analgesic doses for N.C.…

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ALERT: Medicaid To Require Prior Approval for Some Opioid Dosing Beginning Aug. 27

Be aware that beginning Aug. 27, NCTracks will require prior approval for opioid analgesic doses…

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NC Medical Board Discusses STOP Act

North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) staff attended last week’s North Carolina Medical Board…

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What the STOP Act Means to You

On June 29, Gov. Roy Cooper signed the Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) Act of 2017 into…

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Community Response to the Opioid Epidemic – SEACOEM Symposium Aug. 12-13

The President of the Southeastern Atlantic College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine…

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NCMS Board of Directors Considers STOP Act

At their regular bi-monthly meeting held Saturday, March 18 in Greenville, the North Carolina…

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Great Turnout for Opioid CME

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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…

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FREE Opioid Prescribing CME in Greenville

The North Carolina Medical Board established a new CME requirement last year that applies to…

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What Controlled Substance CME Is Required By the Medical Board?

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New Opioid Prescribing CME Rules Approved

The NC Rules Review Commission has granted final approval to North Carolina Medical Board rule…

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Legislative Short Session Concludes

This year North Carolina legislators actually kept their promise to wrap-up their work by the July…

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NCMS Pushed for Statewide Standing Order for Naloxone

Article by Minali Nigam, 2016 NCMS Foundation Medical Journalism Intern Last Monday at a press…

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Special Conference on Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse in NC

The North Carolina Department of Justice is bringing together law enforcement, public health,…

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New Report: Opioid Use Among Injured Workers Declines

According to a new Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) report released last week,…

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