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CMS Adds MIPS EUC Hardship Option
Due to the ongoing efforts by the AMA, CMS has added an option to cite the cyberattack when requesting the 2024 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances...
View ArticlePolitical Pulse for May 31, 2024
The current legislative session has been jam-packed for the North Carolina Medical Society with real progress being made. The NCMS is making your voice heard so well that nurses and insurance...
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New Findings Suggest Introducing Peanuts in Infancy Prevents Peanut Allergy...
New findings from a study sponsored and co-funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), provide conclusive evidence that achieving...
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It’s Heating Up Outside! Operation Fan Heat Relief Can Help Your Patients...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Aging is partnering with the N.C. area agencies on aging and local service providers to distribute fans to eligible recipients...
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Carolina Complete Health Institutes High Dollar Pre-Payment Review for...
Effective August 1, 2024, Carolina Complete Health will institute high dollar pre-payment review requirements for hospital inpatient claims with a header or total billed amount greater than $250k....
View ArticleHappy Birthday to Our Members Celebrating This Month!
https://ncmedsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Happy-Birthday-video.mp4 Grab your party hats and noisemakers and let’s celebrate! Ana R. Abaroa Salvatierra, MD Scott M. Abernathy, MD Nicole...
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Automated Tool Anticipates Hospital Disease Outbreaks
Outbreaks at hospitals are a common and costly issue—an estimated one in every 31 hospitalized patients in the US has at least one hospital-acquired infection at any given time, costing healthcare...
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Register Now! Shaping Access to Reproductive Health Care
Shaping Access to Reproductive Health Care: Financing and Delivery Systems June 7, 2024 | 12-1:30 p.m. ET June 12, 2024 | 12-1:30 p.m. ET The National Academies Standing Committee on Reproductive...
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Don’t Miss Wednesday’s DOCMS Meeting: The Criminal Legal System,...
Join DOCMS at the University Club! Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm University Club, 3100 Tower Boulevard, Suite 1700 – Durham, NC 27707 AGENDA: 6:00pm- 6:30pm – Socializing &...
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2024 NCMS Candidate Series – Mark Hollo, PA-C
2024 NCMS Candidate Series Featuring Mark Hollo, PA-C The 2024 North Carolina Medical Society Candidate Series has an exclusive interview with retired PA Mark Hollo, who is running for North...
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FDA Considering Approval of MDMA for PTSD
Decadeslong Effort Could Move Psychedelic Drugs into Mainstream (AP – Matthew Perrone) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the...
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Jeff Bezos Group Sending $30M to N.C. State for Food Protein Studies
Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at NCSU will also involve NC A&T, UNC-P, Duke, and Forsyth Tech (Business NC, David Mildenberg) — A group led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is giving $30...
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NC Matters: Serious Mental Illness in the Perinatal Period
This online self-paced learning course will discuss best practices for supporting pregnant and postpartum patients who experience serious mental illness. Topics reviewed will include symptomology...
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Your Feedback Needed to Improve the Medicaid Clinician Experience
NCMS’s partners, Carolina Complete Health (CCH) and Carolina Complete Health Network (CCHN) will host their 2nd Annual Medicaid Managed Care Town Hall at the 2024 CPP Annual Meeting during NCMS LEAD...
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Violence in the Healthcare Workplace
This single data point was like a punch to the gut … Nearly one in three medical professionals who responded to a recent North Carolina Medical Board licensee survey reported they had either...
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2024 Golden Stethoscope Award Nominations Now Open!
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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Too Much! Prior Authorization is Costly, Time Consuming for Clinicians Across...
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Medical Society conducted a survey on the costs and burden to clinicians of Prior Authorization. The results show costs to small, medium, and large practices and break...
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L’Oréal Creating Synthetic Skin That Mimics the Real Thing, Could Aid Wound...
Bioprinted skin that can actually ‘feel’ KEY POINTS At the Viva Technology conference in Paris, L’Oreal showed off demonstrations of “bioprinting,” technology that can 3D print humanlike skin, in...
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NCMS 2024 NCMS Photo Contest is Waiting for You!
Photo submissions are currently being accepted for 2024! Now in its 16th year, the NCMS Photo Contest is an annual tradition that has gained national recognition, and we want you to be a part of it!...
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NC Death Pronouncement & Certification: Who Can Sign?
Questions about who can sign a death certificate, who can pronounce death, or who can institute a do not resuscitate order? Find it all in our new infographic! The post NC Death Pronouncement &...
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