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May 1, 2017
Western North Carolina sees too many deaths from the misuse of prescription pain medicine.
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April 28, 2017
Call your members of Congress and tell them to no on the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
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April 26, 2017
On Tuesday, 4/25/17, WCMS issued an action alert to all WNC physicians on SB 629.
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April 25, 2017
Carolina Cares Letter of Support
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April 13, 2017
A student at Appalachian State was recently diagnosed with mumps. At this time, no additional cases of mumps have been identified in NC that are connected with this case.
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April 5, 2017
3 Article Series in Citizen Times
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March 31, 2017
Interview with Dr. Danna Park on Mind Body Medicine
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March 30, 2017
MedServe Program Overview
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March 30, 2017
2017 Request for applications
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March 24, 2017
On March 22nd, CEO Miriam Schwarz and five politically fired-up WCMS physicians (L-R in picture: Drs. Samantha Read-Smith and Mark McNeill, Sen. Chuck Edwards, CEO Miriam Schwarz, Drs. Scott Langford, MaryShell Zaffino, and Mike Parmer,) traveled to Raleigh to meet with WNC legislators.
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March 24, 2017
Dear Interpreters,
Recently some of you reported to WIN that you and the patients you interpret for have been experiencing harassment and bullying in our waiting rooms. These incidents have been reported to the CEO, Miriam Schwarz, who in turn shared the information with her WCMS Boards.
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March 23, 2017
WCMS supports the Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) Act, with important modifications, such as (but not limited to):
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March 23, 2017
March 22, 2017
Dear Speaker Ryan and Leader Pelosi:
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March 23, 2017
Congress has long recognized the importance of the rural health care safety net and has steadfastly worked to protect it. And now, much of the protections created to maintain access to care for the 62 million who live in rural America are in jeopardy. We implore Congress to continue its fight to protect rural patients’ access to care. Three improvements are critical for rural patients and providers:
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March 23, 2017
In light of recent events of discrimination towards staff and other patients at various practices, (see the Citizen Times article on the topic) WCMS created a multilingual flyer for practices to print and display as needed. This message is in English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Moldavian.
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