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April 4, 2018
NCMS is currently accepting applications for Leadership College as well as Health Care Leadership & Management. WCMS would be happy to nominate any interested WCMS member.
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April 2, 2018
Recruitment for the NC AHEC Scholar applicants has started. The deadline is Monday, April 30 by 5:00 p.m.
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March 29, 2018
CMS Extends the MIPS 2017 Data Submission Deadline from March 31 to April 3 at 8:00 PM EDT.
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March 15, 2018
The Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, NC has partnered with a national maternal child health collaborative to test a new model that it helped to develop for assessing mothers’ health during well-child visits.
The goal of this screening tool is to reduce low birth weight and preterm births, which account for more than 70 percent of infant mortality, where the US ranks among the worst of all industrialized nations.
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March 8, 2018
Civil Surgeon needed for WNC region.
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March 1, 2018
WCMS's WIN was quoted in a Medscape article on working with interpreters.
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February 26, 2018
National Doctors’ Day is March 30, 2018. The Western Carolina Medical Society (WCMS) honors and thanks the physicians across Western North Carolina for their commitment to exceptional medical care and for their advocacy on behalf of their patients.
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February 23, 2018
The AMA arranged for a CMS briefing on the new Medicare card that took place on February 21st from 3-4pm eastern time. The new Medicare card is a result of MACRA's requirement that CMS issue Medicare cards that do not display Social Security Numbers to address the risk of beneficiary identity theft. New Medicare cards will be issued beginning in April 2018 and physician offices must be prepared to accept the new Medicare identification number at that time.
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February 23, 2018
We’re excited to announce that we have two gold level Preferred Partners this year. Please join us in welcoming MagMutual and SunTrust Mortgage as 2018 partners.
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February 20, 2018
NC MedAssist will hold a Mobile Free Pharmacy Event in Asheville on Saturday, March 17. The event, which is in collaboration with the NC Grange and Carolina Farm Credit, is open to any low-income individual or family needing free health screenings, education and medicine cabinet staples.
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February 14, 2018
With over 10% of membership responding to the annual survey, which was emailed to all members in early January, both the Association and Foundation boards were approved by quorum per our bylaws.
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February 12, 2018
Healthcare for All-WNC offers an informative forum on Healthcare for All: Good for Business.
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February 9, 2018
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced the administration’s first new Medicare alternative payment model, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced). This voluntary model includes 29 inpatient and 3 outpatient clinical episodes. Please join AMA Board Chair Dr. Gerald Harmon on Monday evening, Feb. 26th, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm Central time, for a free webinar on the model. The webinar, designed for physicians and focusing on the clinical aspects of the model, will be presented by CMMI’s Dr. Steven Farmer, who is a cardiologist, senior advisor and medical officer. Dr. Farmer will also respond to questions from webinar participants. The webinar comes at a key time, two weeks before applications to participate in the model will be due.
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February 7, 2018
Does your Project Access® patient need a mental health counseling referral? Look no further.
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February 7, 2018
NC MedAssists needs a total of 150 volunteers to work this large event! They are currently at 89 volunteers for the event day. They just just confirmed set up for the day before(3/16/18) from 1-4pm, and need about 30 more people.
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