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North Carolina-Based Collaboration Takes on Medicine Management Challenge
The affiliated companies of Community Care of North Carolina, Inc. (CCNC), along with GSK and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have announced their intent to develop, implement and test new approaches to care delivery […]
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NCMS Reiterates Position on Medicaid Reform to Joint Legislative Subcommittee
On Monday, Oct. 20, the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Director of Legislative Relations, Chip Baggett, testified before the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services subcommittee on […]
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CMS Hopes to Improve Access to Open Payments Data
To make it easier to search the recently published Open Payments data, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a beta version of the Open Payments search tool. CMS […]
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NCMS Joins in Support of Change to Physician Payments Sunshine Act
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) joined with the AMA and numerous other state medical societies and specialty groups to support passage of a bill that would exempt medical textbooks […]
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US HHS Invests $840 Million Toward Practice Redesign Initiative
Last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative that will invest $840 million over the next four years to support 150,000 […]
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NC ACOs Rank in Top 15 Percent Nationally for Quality of Care
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the quality reports for the 220 accountable care organizations (ACO) nationwide that have participated in the Medicare Shared Savings Program […]
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Don’t Be Surprised in 2015 — Review The Quality and Resource Use Reports
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2013 Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) for all physicians and practices nationwide on Sept. 30.The reports contain information on […]
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PQRS GPRO Registration Extended Until October 3rd
The Physician Value-Physician Quality Reporting System (PV-PQRS) registration system will remain open until October 3rd, 2014 11:59 PM EDT and can be accessed here. The PV-PQRS registration system, initially scheduled to close […]
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2014 Physician Survey Illustrates Challenges of Change
Access the results of this Physicians Foundation survey of over 20,000 doctors.
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Learn About Accountable Care and Why You Should Care About This New Model
The North Carolina Medical Society will host two webinars designed to acquaint you with the much-talked-about value-based or accountable care model and why it is important to the health care […]
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