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Survey on Sustainable Growth Rate Cuts; Provide Your Input
With the 29.5-percent Sustainable Growth Rate cut set for January 1, 2012, and the ongoing problems with the Medicare fee schedule, physicians report taking, planning, or considering different actions to approach the issue. Share your thoughts by taking part in a brief survey…
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NCMS Addresses Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2012
The NCMS this week commented on the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule for calendar year 2012.
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Debt Doomsday Averted, But Where Does That Leave Health Care?
Just hours before a midnight deadline Tuesday, Congress passed legislation that raised the federal debt ceiling, avoiding a default that would have far-reaching consequences, including the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Moving Medicine Forward in North Carolina
Editor’s Note: The AMA requested that the following article by AMA President Peter W. Carmel, MD, be included in our weekly communication to NCMS members. As the nation’s largest physician organization, the […]
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NCMS Urges National Leaders to Fix the Broken Medicare Physician Payment Formula
The North Carolina Medical Society joined the AMA and 111 other state and medical specialty societies this week in sending a letter to the president, vice president and congressional leaders […]
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NCMS Advocates for Repeal of SGR, and Truth and Transparency in Health Care Delivery
The North Carolina Medical Society has joined with dozens of physician organizations in calling on Congress to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula used to determine Medicare physician reimbursement.
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CMS Statement on Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the following statement today: President Obama Signs the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 On Wednesday, December 15, 2010, President Obama […]
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Figures Show Impact of Legislation Averting 2011 Medicare SGR Cuts
See the estimated total impact for NC physicians from averting the cuts.
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Congress Hands Physicians a Pair of Presents for the Holiday
A reprieve from Medicare cuts for one year and an exemption from the “red flags rule” offer physicians a happier holiday than expected.
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Op-Ed Addresses Uncertainty Over Federal Health System Reform
Leaders of The Physicians Foundation have published an op-ed addressing the uncertainty that surrounds the Affordable Care Act, which became law last March. The Foundation is a national non-profit organization […]
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