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Medicaid Official Discusses Health System Reform in Visit to Triangle
Cindy Mann, Director, Center for Medicaid, CHIP and Survey and Certification (CMCS) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, spent Wednesday in the Triangle meeting with state officials and health care […]
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Focus on Health System Reform: Expanding Role of Medicaid
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expands state Medicaid eligibility to almost anyone under the age of 65 with income up to 133% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), which will have a big impact at the state level. Read on to see how state groups are responding.
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NC Institute of Medicine Convenes Health Reform Workgroups
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine has established eight Health Reform Workgroups that will serve under an NCIOM Advisory Committee. The new effort will be led by NC Department of […]
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Community Care of North Carolina in National Spotlight
Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) was featured in the August 2, 2010 issue of American Medical News. Reporter Doug Trapp, with assistance from the NCMS, interviewed several physicians involved […]
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NC Selects Thomson Reuters for Healthcare Reporting and Analytics
The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has awarded Thomson Reuters a five-year contract to provide a health care reporting and analytics system. The New York-based company develops […]
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State Budget, Medicaid Funding and Revenue Shortfall Highlight 2010 Legislative Session
The 2010 Legislative Short Session officially adjourned at 5:32 am on Saturday, July 10, following a marathon session that included debate and amendments to key bills considered during the final hours. The primary focus of the past nine weeks has been balancing the State budget during a time of unprecedented revenue shortfalls. For a breakdown of the General Assembly’s budget as it relates to Medicaid funding, as well as a recap of major legislative issues of interest to the NC Medical Society, please click here.
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NCMS Summary of 2010 Session of the NC General Assembly
Budget: There is a lot to be said about the new budget just enacted by the NC General Assembly. This was arguably the most difficult budget year in modern times […]
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NCMS Earns Commitment from State for N.C. Medicaid Contract Fix
Late Wednesday, the North Carolina Medical Society received assurances from state officials that an obscure and problematic provision in the Medicaid Provider Agreement would be fixed. The provision places a physician practice in breach of its contract with Medicaid when the practice pays a billing company a percentage of collections on Medicaid claims.
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Physician Advocacy on State Budget Continues
With just hours to go before the end of the fiscal year lawmakers passed a revised state budget on Wednesday. Read on to see how it will affect you and your practice.
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Doctors Use White Coat Wednesday to Address NC Medicaid Reimbursement
Scholars from the 2010 NC Medical Society Leadership College, as well as physicians from the OB/GYN, American College of Physicians, Ophthalmology and Dermatology specialty societies gathered in Raleigh this week for White Coat Wednesday.
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