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Dr. Willson Re-Elected at AMA 2010 Annual Meeting
NCMS Past President Charles F. Willson, MD, was elected to a second four-year term on the ten-member AMA Council on Medical Service during the AMA 2010 Annual Meeting in Chicago […]
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Focus on Health Care Reform – PQRI Participation Becomes Mandatory to Avoid Penalties in 2015
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, signed into law on March 23rd, implements many changes to the way physicians practice medicine. Efforts to enhance the quality of care and expand reporting requirements for physicians are among the notable changes. Effective 2015, the law will impose a 1.5% penalty on Medicare reimbursement for physicians who do not participate in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)…
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Focus on Health System Reform – The Medical Loss Ratio
Many provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or Act) focus on changing the way health insurance companies collect and spend premium revenues. One of these provisions is known as the medical loss ratio (Sec. 1001 of the Act).
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NCMS Sports Medicine Symposium Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Join your colleagues and help celebrate 40 years of commitment to improving care of patients involved in physical activity and athletics. Register for the 40th Annual NCMS Sports Medicine Symposium, […]
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Grant Seeks to Address Shortage of Family Physicians in NC
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina (BCBSNC) announced this week a $1.8 million grant to the NC Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) for a mentoring program to […]
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SHCC Adopts Draft 2011 Medical Facilities Plan
On Wednesday, May 26, NCMS Deputy General Counsel Melanie Phelps attended the State Health Coordinating Council (SHCC) meeting in Raleigh. The purpose of the meeting was to adopt the Draft […]
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NCMS Members Asked to Rank Priorities
As reported in last week’s Bulletin, the NCMS Board of Directors met recently and focused its attention on helping members prepare for impending changes to the health care system. The […]
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NCPIQE Quality Fellows Program Announced
The NCPIQE (NC Physician Institute for Quality Enhancement) is a program within the NCMS Foundation that establishes an infrastructure and resources to support Quality Improvement processes for specialty medical care […]
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NCMS Board of Directors Sets Priorities to Help Physicians Prepare for Changes to the Health Care System
At its annual strategic planning retreat last weekend, the NCMS Board of Directors focused its attention on helping members prepare for impending changes to the health care system.
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NCMS Physician Medicare Survey
In light of current legislative efforts to seek a permanent fix to the Medicare payment system, the NCMS requests your response to a four (4) question survey on your practice’s status on caring for Medicare patients. Take the survey now.
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