Late Wednesday, the North Carolina Medical Society received assurances from state officials that an obscure and problematic provision in the Medicaid Provider Agreement would be fixed. The provision places a physician practice in breach of its contract with Medicaid when the practice pays a billing company a percentage of collections on Medicaid claims.
NCMS President Douglas D. Sheets, MD, has called for an Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Summit to be held Saturday, August 7, 2010, 10:30am – 2:30pm, at the NCMS headquarters in Raleigh.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals handed the NCMS and other state medical societies a major victory this week in a legal fight concerning unfair business practices by managed care companies.
Legislators are moving fast to wrap up the short session and adjourn by this weekend; the NCMS is monitoring several pending bills of interest during this last-minute frenzy.
