Clik here to view.
Medicaid Managed Care | May 2025 Back Porch Chat
Medicaid Managed Care | May 2025 Back Porch Chat Key NC Medicaid Updates Thursday, May 15 | noon-1 p.m. Please join this month’s Back Porch Chat on Thursday, May 15 from 12-1 p.m. This webinar will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let Your Patients Know! NCDHHS Distributing Free Fans Starting May 1
Operation Fan Heat Relief Distributing Fans to Eligible Recipients May 1 – Oct. 31 RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Aging is partnering with North...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Only 25.1% of North Carolina Small Businesses Offer Health Coverage, Down...
Only 25.1% of North Carolina Small Businesses Offer Health Coverage, Down From 33.8% in 2009 (Insurance NewsNet) — Rising healthcare costs have put increasing pressure on small businesses across the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fixing Prior Auth: Nearly 40 Prior Authorizations A Week Is Way Too Many
Fixing Prior Auth: Nearly 40 Prior Authorizations A Week Is Way Too Many (AMA, Tanya Albert Henry) — The time-wasting, care-delaying, insurance company cost-control process known as prior...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hospital Care At Home, For Kids
Hospital Care At Home, For Kids (Charlotte Ledger, Michelle Crouch) — When 6-year-old Mackenzie Conlon was hospitalized with the flu at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in February, all she...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Enhancing Support for Patients with Hearing Loss Through Medicaid...
Enhancing Support for Patients with Hearing Loss Through Medicaid Communication Access South Piedmont AHEC is hosting a virtual lunch and learn event on Wednesday, May 21st from 12:00pm to 1:00 pm at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Bilingual Resources on the NC Innovations Waiver
New Bilingual Resources on the NC Innovations Waiver (NCDHHS) — A toolkit in English and Spanish is now available to help share information about NC Innovations waiver services. The NC Innovations...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Geriatricians Wanted: NC Medical Schools Work To Recruit Aging Health...
Geriatricians Wanted: NC Medical Schools Work To Recruit Aging Health Specialists (NC Health News, Grace Vitalione) — North Carolinians are getting older, but there aren’t enough people getting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Plan Now for Professional Development in 2026!
Add Your Face to This Group in 2026! The time is now to plan for next year! As you begin your budgeting, do you or members of your group want to take the next step in a leadership journey? Make sure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday to Our Members Celebrating This Month!
Grab your party hats and noisemakers and let’s celebrate! NCMS Member Birthdays May 2025 Ole S. Aassar, MD William B. Abernethy, Jr., MD Surafeal G. Abraha, MD Peter K. Acheampong, MD Maureen N....
View ArticleClik here to view.
🎉It’s New Member Monday!🎉 Say Hello to These New Members or the NCMS!
The NCMS is excited to welcome these new members! We are thrilled to have you! Michael A. Abdou, MD Temitope E. Adebayo, MD Amanda M. Allen, MD Bailey C. Allen, MD Levi A. Almond, PA Aubrey E....
View ArticleClik here to view.
ECU Health’s Roanoke Rapids ICR program, The First Of Its Kind In Eastern...
ECU Health’s Roanoke Rapids ICR program, The First Of Its Kind In Eastern North Carolina ((ECU Health) — On Jan. 6, the ECU Health Cardiac Rehabilitation – Roanoke Rapids clinic, partnered with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Study Highlights Cancer Risk From Millions Of CT Scans Performed Annually
Study Highlights Cancer Risk From Millions Of CT Scans Performed Annually (NPR, Ronnie Cohen) – CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stem Cells To Treat Parkinson’s? 2 New Studies Hint At Success.
Stem Cells To Treat Parkinson’s? 2 New Studies Hint At Success (NPR, Jon Hamilton) — Patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease may soon benefit from a powerful treatment option: stem-cell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brisk Walking Lowers Risk of Potentially Deadly Heart Rhythm Issues, Study...
Brisk Walking Lowers Risk of Potentially Deadly Heart Rhythm Issues, Study Finds: Here’s the Ideal Speed (Nice News, Stephen Beech) – The next time you’re out for your daily walk, add a little extra...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is a Blood Test for Postpartum Depression on the Horizon?
Fewer than 10 percent of women seek medical help for postpartum depression (Sara Novak) — Postpartum depression is the most common complication of childbirth, affecting about 1 in 7 women after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Women Physicians Have Higher Risk of Suicide Compared With General Population
US Women Physicians Have Higher Risk of Suicide Compared With General Population (Clinical Pain Advisor, Ron Goldberg) – Women physicians in the United States vs women who are not physicians have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Becoming A Living Kidney Donor
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Becoming A Living Kidney Donor (AMA, Sara Berg, MS) – The decision to donate a kidney is not just an act of generosity; it’s a lifesaving act that provides hope...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NC State Health Plan Clear Pricing Project Update
NC State Health Plan Clear Pricing Project Update Please Complete Survey at Bottom The State Health Plan (Plan) would like to extend its sincere gratitude to the providers that have supported the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“I’m as Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take This Anymore!” One Doctor’s...
With thanks to Dr. David N. Korones and JAMA Neurology “I’m as Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take This Anymore!” So shouted news broadcaster Howard Beale in the iconic 1976 film “Network” as he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cancer Death Rates Declining, New Report Says, But Diagnosis Rates Are On The...
Cancer Death Rates Declining, New Report Says, But Diagnosis Rates Are On The Rise For Women (CNN, Katherine Dillinger) – A new report on cancer in the US shows a steady decline in overall deaths from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Look! Up in the Sky! Get Ready to See The Lyrid Meteor Shower
Look! Up in the Sky! Get Ready to See The Lyrid Meteor Shower (CNN, Kameryn Griesser and Ashley Strickland) – After months without a meteor shower, sky-gazers now have a reason to keep their chins up...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A New Consensus On Substance Use Disorders And Healthcare
A New Consensus On Substance Use Disorders And Healthcare (NC Newsline, Sara Harington and Jana Burson) – New polling from the Legal Action Center shows North Carolinians nearly universally (98%) view...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nearly Half of U.S. Gets Failing Grades for Air
Some NC cities rank high, but that could be changing. (Axios, Alex Fitzpatrick) — Nearly half of Americans are now exposed to potentially dangerous levels of air pollution, per a new report. Why it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cyberattack Aftermath – Loan Repayment Pressure from Optum – Are You Impacted?
Cyberattack Aftermath – Loan Repayment Pressure from Optum – Are You Impacted? In February 2024, Change Healthcare, the medical claims clearinghouse and payment processor of the UnitedHealth Group,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NCDHHS: ‘Be on Alert’: Mpox Detected in Sewage Samples in NC
NCDHHS: ‘Be on Alert’: Mpox Detected in Sewage Samples in NC (WYFF, Stephanie Moore) — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is asking people and providers to be on alert for mpox...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Advocates For Black Maternal Health Press NC General Assembly To Approve...
Advocates For Black Maternal Health Press NC General Assembly To Approve ‘MOMnibus’ Legislation (NC Newsline, Clayton Henkel) – On the week that North Carolina senators were busy rolling out a $32.6B...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Diagnosed With ‘Dense Breasts’? You May Need More Than A Mammogram
Diagnosed With ‘Dense Breasts’? You May Need More Than A Mammogram (NPR, Yuki Noguchi) – Joy, a 46-year-old in Pittsburgh, recalls being the same age as her teenage boys, when her own mother...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Advanced Healthcare Leaders New Co-Chair
Advanced Healthcare Leaders New Co-Chair The NC Medical Society’s Advanced Healthcare Leaders program welcomes Dr. Michaux Kilpatrick, MD, PhD, as a new Co-Chair. Dr. Kilpatrick is a neurological...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NC Institute of Medicine Hosting Task Force on Veterans’ Health
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine invites you to join us for a gathering to kick off the start of a task force on Veterans’ health! REGISTER HERE! Thursday, May 22 – 2:00 – 5:00 PM Chapel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Duke Biologist: Honey, I Shrunk The Proteins!
Duke Biologist: Honey, I Shrunk The Proteins! (Duke School of Medicine, Angela Spivey) – In August 2024, Duke University School of Medicine computational biologist Rohit Singh, PhD, posted on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NCMS Advanced Healthcare Leadership Program Faculty Member Featured in Voyage...
NCMS Advanced Healthcare Leadership Program Faculty Member Featured in Voyage Magazine! (Voyage Raleigh) – Today we’d like to introduce you to Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC Hi Amna, it’s an honor to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Leading With Heart: Creating Healthy Work Environments
Leading With Heart: Creating Healthy Work Environments (Novant Health, Page Leggett) – In the next 30 minutes, around 60 Americans are going to die of heart disease. And most were preventable. Most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Report: Emergency Care Becoming Increasingly Vulnerable In The United States
New Report: Emergency Care Becoming Increasingly Vulnerable In The United States (HealthDay News) — The viability of hospital-based emergency care in the United States is at risk, according to a RAND...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How YOU Can Help Reduce Inequities In Diabetes Prevention
How YOU Can Help Reduce Inequities In Diabetes Prevention (AMA, Andis Robeznieks) – Black women are 2.3 times as likely and Hispanic women 1.4 times more likely to die of diabetes as non-Hispanic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SAVE THE DATES! Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Skill Building Trainings
SAVE THE DATES! Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Skill Building Trainings Please mark your calendars for the following CoCM Skill Building Trainings on a variety of topics. Trainings are from 8 a.m. –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NC AHEC Offering Free Clinical Precepting Courses Online
Clinical Precepting Online Series FREE ONLINE COURSES These courses are geared to an interprofessional audience of clinical preceptors who work with students, residents, or other advanced learners...
View ArticleClik here to view.
White Coat Day is Wednesday! NCMS Has A Big Announcement on Prior Authorization!
The North Carolina Medical Society’s White Coat Day is just two days away! This Wednesday, physicians and PAs from across the state will come together to demonstrate the medical community’s united...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Even Light Exercise Could Help Slow Cognitive Decline In People At Risk Of...
Even Light Exercise Could Help Slow Cognitive Decline In People At Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease (Atrium Health, Myra Wright) — Low and moderate-high intensity exercise could be valuable tools in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What if Medicaid Were Run More Like Target?
What if Medicaid Were Run More Like Target? (The Carolina Journal, Craig Richardson and Erik Randolph) — What if state Medicaid programs were run more like an innovative, customer-friendly corporation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2025 White Coat Day Kicks Off With Huge Group Heading to General Assembly!
NCMS 2025 White Coat Day Attendees Block Traffic on Person St. Heading to General Assembly! The North Carolina Medical Society 2025 White Coat Day is one of the biggest events of the year! This year,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meeting Patients Where They Are: Mobile Medicine In Rural NC
Meeting Patients Where They Are: Mobile Medicine In Rural NC (NC Health News, Will Atwater) — Rural residents often face significant barriers to accessing health care. Power outages, challenging...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Life Expectancy For Women In Some Southern States Has Barely Budged In More...
Life Expectancy For Women In Some Southern States Has Barely Budged In More Than 100 Years (NBC News, Lindsey Leake) — How long you live depends on where you live, new research suggests. Americans’...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Second Opinions Are A Good Idea—But There Are Caveats
Second Opinions Are A Good Idea—But There Are Caveats (AMA, Adam D. Bitterman, DO) — No two diagnoses or injuries are identical, and physician opinions often differ. Medicine blends data, experience...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Congratulations to NCMS member Dr. Christine Khandelwal on election to...
Congratulations to North Carolina Medical Society member Christine M. Khandelwal, DO for her election to the Board of Directors of the Federation of State Medical Boards. Dr. Khandelwal is a 2024 NCMS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NCMS Celebrates Passage Of Prior Authorization Reform, Annual White Coat Day,...
NCMS Celebrates Passage Of Prior Authorization Reform, Annual White Coat Day, And Legislative Reception RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA — The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) hosted its annual White Coat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Duke Neurologist Shares 3 Ways to Keep Your Brain Young At Any Age
Duke Neurologist Shares 3 Ways to Keep Your Brain Young At Any Age (Duke Today, Stephen Schramm) — Several times a week, Ginger Newbold rises at 5:30 a.m. to lift weights and walk the treadmills at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CHW Integration: Strategies For Impact And Sustainability
Webinar Series CHW Integration: Strategies for Impact and Sustainability You’re invited to a two-part webinar series, CHW Integration: Strategies for Impact and Sustainability, focused on advancing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HOPE Technique Shows Promise For Long-Term Donor Lung Preservation
HOPE Technique Shows Promise For Long-Term Donor Lung Preservation (International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation)— A study on donor lungs preserved outside the body before transplantation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Use...
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services Webinars in May (NCDHHS)— NCDHHS’ Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Use Services is...
View Article