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MEDPAC Minute – Senate Passes Budget Proposal
The Senate passed their budget proposal this week with party line votes. A top priority for the NCMS was the protection of the Medicaid physician reimbursement rate. The Senate maintained […]
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MEDPAC Minute – Certificate of Need Proposal Filed
Legislation affecting the CON program was filed by Senator Tony Rand (D, Cumberland). Senate Bill 804 – CON Changes would delay the issuance of a CON when a final agency […]
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MEDPAC Minute – Senate Bill Seeks to Improve Medical Board Procedures Legislation was filed this week
Senate Bill 958 – Disciplinary Proceedings/NC Medical Board (Nesbitt – D, Buncombe), aims to ensure fair treatment of doctors who may be the subject of a Board investigation or disciplinary proceeding. […]
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Health Plan Provider Contract Bill
Senate Bill 877 has been filed by Senator Clodfelter requiring that contracts between health plans and physicians contain certain provisions. Key provisions of the bill include: (1) requiring contracts to […]
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MEDPAC Minute – White Coat Wednesdays
Since the opening of the 2009 session of the NC General Assembly, 60 physicians from across the state have visited Raleigh to lobby their legislators and key legislative leadership as part of […]
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State Employee Health Plan Bills
The NC General Assembly is considering numerous bills related to the State Employee Health Plan, which covers 660,000+ state employees, teachers and dependents throughout the state. Most of these bills […]
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Legislation Would Address Physician Liability For Access Programs
The NCMS worked with Buncombe County Medical Society CEO Miriam Schwarz in 2008 to present information to the Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Committee about the work of the 13 […]
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House Budget Resolution Pave Way for Permanent Medicare Fix
The House version of the FY 2010 Congressional Budget Resolution contains provisions that will facilitate replacement of the fatally flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a new incentive based […]
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MEDPAC Minute – House Debates New Parameters for Medical Board Profiles
The NC House Health and Judiciary 1 committees have approved a bill (Glazier – D, Cumberland) that would: 1) disapprove specific elements of the rules adopted in 2008 by the […]
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MEDPAC Minute – State Employee Health Plan Delays Expected
A vote on SB 287 – State Health Plan $/Good Health Initiative (Rand, D-Cumberland) was delayed this week, not once but three times. Heavy opposition by independent retail pharmacies as […]
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