The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) is partnering with News 14 Carolina to convene a televised forum to engage physicians and other health care leaders about preparing for health reform and what it means to patients and medical practices.
Research to compare the effectiveness of different medical treatments of the same conditions is on the upswing, due largely to significant increases in federal funding and the creation of a new public-private institute to steer those dollars.
AMA President Cecil Wilson, MD, is urging physicians not to wait until the last minute to file a claim in the $350 million settlement with UnitedHealth Group. The deadline is October 5, 2010.
