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Update on State Employee Health Plan Changes
With the General Assembly temporarily in session to take up issues like voter ID and hurricane relief, there has also been a rich discussion behind the scenes about changes to the […]
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Collaborative Care Model Key to Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health
In response to requests and in preparation for the state’s shift to Medicaid managed care, the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) recently approved collaborative care codes to […]
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Health Costs Decrease Nationwide – a Promising Trend
A recent report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of the Actuary, shows that the United States spent $3.5 trillion on health care in 2017 – […]
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State Issues Alert on Life-threatening Coagulopathy
The NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), Communicable Disease Branch, has issued an alert to be on the lookout for life-threatening coagulopathy associated with synthetic cannabinoid use. Clinicians […]
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Show How You Live the Mission
Now is the time to demonstrate how you live the North Carolina Medical Society’s (NCMS) mission of Leadership in Medicine by giving to the NCMS Foundation by the end of […]
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Help Your Profession – Serve on the PHP Board
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) appoints five physicians to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Physicians Health Program (NCPHP). There currently is one vacancy to be filled by an […]
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Review the 2019 Medicare Part D Opioid Policies
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently shared “A Prescriber’s Guide to the New Medicare Part D Opioid Overutilization Policies for 2019.” Be ready for 2019. Review the […]
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Duke Offers Primary Care Transformation Fellowship
The Department of Community & Family Medicine at Duke is now accepting applications for its new Primary Care Transformation Fellowship. Physicians (MDs/DOs) and physician assistants board-certified in general pediatrics, general […]
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NCMS Plan Moves to Help Prevent Diabetes
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Employee Benefit Plan is pleased to announce coverage of the Eat Smart, Move More, Prevent Diabetes program for all NCMS Plan members with prediabetes, […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Nance!
Long time North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) member Alisa C. Nance, RPh, MD, FAAFP, of Mooresville, NC, recently was inaugurated as 2018-2019 President of the NC Academy of Family Physicians. […]
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