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Share Your Story – Corporate Practice of Medicine
Please share your stories here on how corporate interventions in medicine have impacted you and your practice. This includes private equity acquisitions, noncompete agreements, management service...
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SPECIAL NOTICE: NCMS Issues Initial Slate of Nominees
The NCMS Nominating and Leadership Development Committee convened via Zoom on June 1, 2024, and again on Wednesday June 19, 2024, to interview candidates and vote for the initial slate of nominees...
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US DHHS Releases Guidance for Medicare Drug Payment Plans, Set to Start in 2025
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Final Part Two Guidance to Help People with Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Manage Prescription Drug Costs Beginning in 2025, a new provision will allow people...
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988 Crisis Lifeline Answers 10 Million Contacts Since its Debut, NCDHHS...
Editor’s Note: If you are struggling with mental health issues, the North Carolina Medical Society has a Physician Support Line. Click here for help. After Two Years, the 988 Suicide and Crisis...
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NCMB, Wake AHEC join NCMS on CME Series for Opioid Use Prescribers
The North Carolina Medical Board and Wake AHEC, in collaboration with the North Carolina Medical Society and the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program at UNC School of Medicine, have developed an...
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Time to Let NCMS Know About Exceptional Members! 2024 Golden Stethoscope...
Do you know an outstanding North Carolina Medical Society physician or physician assistant member who has demonstrated excellence in leadership, dedication to patients, and stellar skills in...
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Political Shakeups, New Candidates, and a Historic Election on the Horizon....
Get to Know the North Carolina Medical Society Member Candidates With the historic changes occurring in the presidential race, it is good to remember that every North Carolina House and Senate seat...
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NC Medicaid to Cover Weight-Loss Drugs After Access Cut for State Workers
Weight loss drugs like Wegovy will soon be available for people on Medicaid in North Carolina (News & Observer, Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi) — People on Medicaid in North Carolina will soon be...
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Apply Now! NCMB Seeking Applicants for Perfusionist Advisory Committee
The North Carolina Medical Board is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy for a licensed perfusionist on the Board’s Perfusionist Advisory Committee. The appointment is for a three-year term ending...
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New Report: Adults Without Health Insurance Continues to Drop
Early Estimates From National Health Interview Survey Show Percent of 18-64 Year-Olds Without Insurance Dropped in 2023 TO READ REMAINDER OF REPORT CLICK HERE The post New Report: Adults...
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New Study: Long Covid Risk Dropping Over Time, but Remains Substantial
New study suggests risk of developing persistent symptoms after Covid-19 infection has dropped, but not gone away. (CNN, Brenda Goodman) — With a summer wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping the...
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New White House Report: 5 Strategies to Ensure Children Are Safe Online
95% of teens, 40% of kids between 8 and 12 use social media (CNN, Jacqueline Howard) — When it comes to the online safety of their children, parents could build a family media plan to set...
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UNC School of Medicine Selected as Site for New Food Allergy Research Consortium
The UNC site lead investigators are Edwin Kim, MD, associate professor of medicine, division chief of UNC Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, and Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics, vice...
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Duke Scientists: Interleukin Linked to Muscle Loss, Fat Accumulation
Duke-NUS Medical School Scientists May Have Found Way to Increase Lifespan (DukeHealth News, SINGAPORE) — An aging population will bring colossal health, social, and economic challenges over the...
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Free Learning Opportunity: HIPAA Privacy and Security Training
This online, self-paced HIPAA Privacy and Security Training course will provide information on understanding the law and developing best practices within your office to ensure compliance. The course...
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NC Medicaid Renewal Strategy Results in Minimal Issues During Unwinding
While other states slashed Medicaid rolls, North Carolina’s insured population grew — and faster than DHHS had predicted. (Editor’s Note: NCMS worked with our members, legislators, and many partner...
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The 2024 Paris Olympics are Two Days Away. Meet the Olympians and...
The 2024 Olympic Games kick off with the opening ceremony Friday night (Axios Charlotte) — Here are the athletes with North Carolina ties competing in the Olympics and Paralympics. Editor’s note:...
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ALL IN: Caring For NC’s Caregivers Initiative Works to Improve Your Mental...
This spring the North Carolina Clinician and Physician Retention and Well-being (NCCPRW) Consortium announced a new statewide initiative with the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, the only...
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Exploratory Analysis Associates HIV Drug Abacavir with Elevated...
Findings from large global trial add to body of evidence on cardiovascular risk factors for people with HIV Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles (teal) budding and replicating...
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US Seeing Seasonal Increase in Mosquitoes with West Nile Virus, NC Reports...
So far, only 25 human cases have been reported in the U.S. this year (ABC News, Mary Kekatos) — Several health departments in the U.S. say they have detected West Nile virus in mosquito samples....
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