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Collaborative Care Model Educational Opportunity

Feb 7, 2024 8:30:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Primary Care, behavioral health, collaborative care

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Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Provider Learning Collaborative

Role of the Psychiatric Consultant/Systematic Caseload Review

February 15, 2024 | 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Join us on Thursday, February 15 for the second Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Provider Learning Collaborative which will focus on the following topic: Role of the Psychiatric Consultant/Systematic Caseload Review.

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2024 Final Rule and MIPS Update

Jan 30, 2024 10:45:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in MIPS, Final Rule

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Join in on this Webinar February 7th to hear more information about new programs and opportunities included in the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule & MIPS updates.

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Gabapentin added to NC CRS

Jan 29, 2024 9:13:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Primary Care, prescriptions, opioids

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Electric cord with electricity sparkls as symbol of powerIn North Carolina, a new state law has added the anticonvulsant and nerve pain medication gabapentin to the list of drugs that are tracked through the state's prescription drug management system, the NC Controlled Substances Reporting System.

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Highlighted Resource: Pet Ownership, Living Alone, and Cognitive Decline Among Adults 50 Years and Older

Jan 17, 2024 2:30:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in memory, seniors, adl

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Can pet ownership reduce cognitive decline for older adults? A recent JAMA Neurology article investigates this question, examining the impact of pet ownership on verbal memory and fluency for adults ages 50 and older.

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Key Medicaid Updates

Jan 16, 2024 7:55:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Medicaid Managed Care

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REGISTER NOW!

Medicaid Managed Care Fireside Chat:

Medicaid Expansion & Other Hot Topics

Thursday,  January 18 | 5:30 p.m.

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G2211: Have You Heard?

Jan 15, 2024 9:59:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Billing, Primary Care, medicare, practice management

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Did you know?

The typical primary care physician caring for Medicare patients must coordinate care with 229 other physicians working in 117 practices?

 

The 2024 Final Rule from CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) established a new code to ensure Primary Care Providers receive additional payment for the high-value visits they provide.

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Funding to Support Team Based Teaching Sites in Rural North Carolina

Jan 12, 2024 8:30:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Primary Care, training, students, rural health, workforce, Pediatrics, internal medicine

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The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program (NC AHEC) is seeking proposals to establish up to 5 rural interprofessional clinical training sites. 

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Need ABMS Continuing Certification (MOC-IV) Credit?

Jan 10, 2024 3:45:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Pediatrics, MOC IV

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Did you know?

The North Carolina AHEC Practice Support Program is an approved provider of the North Carolina Maintenance of Certification (NC MOC) program.

 

Through this approval, physicians and physician assistants who work with a Practice Support coach to improve care for patients will meet the requirements of their specialty boards to maintain certification in their specialty (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics).

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More Free COVID-19 Tests Available!

Jan 10, 2024 10:00:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in COVID-19

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Every home in the country is again eligible to receive four free at-home tests.

Delivery is free through the U.S. Postal Service.

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New CLIA Waived Tests and Codes

Jan 9, 2024 2:30:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in Primary Care, CMS, Laboratory Testing

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Do you perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) waived tests in the lab at your  practice?

Make sure your certificate is up to date, and your coding and billing practices are too!

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