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How Do You Feel About the Open Payments System?
The AMA is conducting a brief survey of physicians’ experience in registering in the Open Payments system and reviewing their data. Last week, in response to mounting physician frustration with the […]
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News from the AMA Meeting
The North Carolina Medical Society’s (NCMS) delegation to the AMA’s Annual Meeting held in Chicago in June, presented their report on the proceedings to the NCMS Board of Directors last […]
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AMA Reacts to IOM Report on General Medical Education
Last week, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a long-awaited report on graduate medical education (GME) that calls for transitioning the current GME system to a transparent, performance-based system over the […]
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Meaningful Use Update from the AMA
The AMA continues its vigorous advocacy to push the administration to make improvements to Stages 1–2 of the EHR Meaningful Use (MU) program while also providing input on how Stage […]
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Dr. Tayloe Reappointed to AMA Council on Legislation
Congratulations to David T. Tayloe, Jr., MD, of Goldsboro, long time North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) member, on his reappointment to the AMA’s Council on Legislation. This Council makes recommendations to […]
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Physicians Generate $1.6 Trillion in Economic Activity, Support 10 Million Jobs, According to Study
A new report released today by the AMA shows that physicians have a huge influence on national and state economies.
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SGR Patch and ICD-10 Delay Pass Congress
On Monday, the US Senate followed the House’s earlier approval of a bill that stopped a 24-percent cut to Medicare physician payments from going into effect on April 1, and […]
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ICD-10 Is Still Expected To Arrive This October; Get Ready
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and other national and local health care groups are working together to help doctors prepare for the October implementation of the new ICD-10 codes. NCMS members may […]
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NCMS and Other Health Care Organizations Rally to Repeal the SGR
Long-awaited and hard-fought legislation to permanently repeal the fatally flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula now is before both chambers of Congress with the introduction of the SGR Repeal and […]
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NCMS, AMA Offer Easy Ways To Earn CME Credit and Gain Insight into the Year Ahead
As the new year gets underway, updated resources from the NCMS and the American Medical Association (AMA) offer physicians low stress opportunities to simultaneously earn continuing medical education (CME) credit […]
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