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  • The NC Bar Association and the NCMS Team Up to Answer Your Medical Litigation Questions

    The North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Medical Society are pleased to announce the publication of their revised Medico-Legal Guidelines. The guidelines represent decades of cooperation between physicians […]

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  • Task Force Weighs Consumer Consent Options for Electronic Exchange of Health Information

    The NCMS is participating in the NCHICA NC Health Information Security and Privacy Consent Policy Options Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to analyze and determine what […]

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  • Red Flag Rules Delayed until May 1, 2009

    The Federal Trade Commission said it would delay implementation of what’s known as the “red flag” rules from Nov.1 until May 1, 2009.  The rule requires that creditors – construed […]

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  • Resolution 12

    line 20 please omit “academic insitution” Clinical supervision is performed by a physician.  No need to mention academic institutions, it is the physician who is supervising and the individual physician […]

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  • Resolution 5

    Request that this resolution be “filed” Mid-level practioners increase the ability of patients getting into physician offices for prompt evaluation.  Certainly lines 13-14 need to be deleted as they do not […]

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  • Resolution 4

    On line 26, please delete “supplies” and insert there “durable medical equipment” On line 30 after “necessity” add the following phrase:  “and the specific medical criteria that must be met […]

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  • Report N, Item 46

    On line 33, please omit “; and be it further”  Do place a “.” after functions on line 33.                richard bruch

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  • Report N, item 26

    Tite is incorrect.  According to the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services, Rest Home care is for individuals who may require 24 hour supervision.  “Medical care may be […]

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  • Report K

    Item 4. line 8 needs to be strengthened.  I have practiced at a hospital that provided no patient care assistant on Sundays to aid in transferring and positioning patients in […]

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  • Report I

    Also, please include “physician offices” in the title.                                  richard bruch

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