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News for NC Medical Students and Health Care Professionals – The iPad in Hospitals
With January’s unveiling of the long awaited Apple iPad, it seems the natural response has been to speculate as to it’s usage beyond what would be appealing to the average […]
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Senators Take Aim at Meaningful Use
Twenty-seven US Senators have called for changes in the CMS’ proposed rule on “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHR).
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Rand Corporation Study Cites Flaws in Physician Cost-of-Care Profiles by Insurers
A RAND Corporation study published in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine offers the first major assessment of physician cost profiling by health insurers. The study […]
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NC OB-GYN Society Announces 2010 Annual Meeting
The North Carolina Obstetrics and Gynecology Society (NCOGS) will hold its Annual Meeting April 23-25, 2010, at the Grandover Resort & Spa in Greensboro. 10.5 CME credits will be offered. […]
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NCMS Physicians Submit 2009 PQRI Data for Free
A record 199 physicians and PAs submitted 2009 PQRI data through NCMS’s partnership with DocSite. NCMS offered to pay the entire $350 submittal fee for any NCMS member who did […]
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NCMS and Foundation Have Vital Role in NC HIT Development
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and the Foundation (NCMSF) are playing a key role in helping to develop and implement the NC Health Information Technology Extension Center program (HITEC-NC). […]
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North Carolina Receives $9.3 Million Grant To Improve The CHIP Program
US Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) announced this week that North Carolina will receive $9, 277, 361 to improve the quality of care for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s […]
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Online: County-by-County Health Rankings
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation this week released a report that ranks the overall health of counties in all 50 states, including […]
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Study Group Looks at How to Better Control Health Care Costs
NCMS EVP, CEO Robert W. Seligson and NCMS Foundation Associate Executive Director Maggie Sauer attended the NC Institute of Medicine’s Health Access Study Group on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. The […]
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Special Offer to Help NCMS Members Receive their 2% PQRI Distributions
DocSite 2008 PQRI submitters were on the receiving end when CMS began distributing payments in October, with some practices receiving more than $20,000. There is still time to submit your […]
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