CMS finalizes a new rule, expanding Medicaid reimbursement at Medicare rates to include physicians with a primary specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine or pediatric medicine.
Governor-elect Pat McCrory named Aldona Wos, MD, a Greensboro physician and former US ambassador, as the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
In the coming days, North Carolina oncology and rheumatology practices will receive checks from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina containing the simple explanation, “Renumbered Codes Payment,” a direct result of the NCMS’s advocacy efforts.