While behavior is an important component of health, promoting healthy behaviors requires going beyond individual choices to address context and background.
Highlighted Resource: Putting Health Behaviors in Context in North Carolina
Jul 20, 2022 1:06:49 PM / by NW AHEC posted in nc medical journal, resource
Tailored Care Management: Learn more at upcoming Tele Town Hall event!
Jul 20, 2022 8:30:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in NC Healthconnex, nchiea, tailored care management
The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority (NCHIEA or NC HealthConnex) is hosting a Tele-town Hall on Tailored Care Management.
It's that time again! Reporting portal open for HRSA Provider Relief Fund Payment Reporting
Jul 13, 2022 2:30:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in COVID-19, hrsa, practice management
Providers who received one or more General and/or Targeted PRF payment(s) exceeding $10,000, in the aggregate, from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021 must report on their use of funds in RP3.
New 988 Suicide Help Line Goes Nationwide on July 16, 2022
Jul 13, 2022 8:15:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in mental health, family medicine, Pediatrics, suicide, crisis
Today the Northwest AHEC Practice Support team brings you an announcement from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy regarding the 988 Suicide Help Line.
Medicaid Managed Care Back Porch Chat: Tailored Plan 101: Ready, Set, Launch Series
Jul 12, 2022 3:25:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in Medicaid Managed Care, Primary Care, tailored care management, practice management, Tailored Plans
This webinar series is designed to support all Medicaid providers, practice managers, quality improvement professionals, care coordinators and other leaders within your practice to help you prepare for the launch of Tailored Plans in December of 2022.
No Surprise Act: CMS Webinar July 13
Jul 11, 2022 8:40:31 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in practice management, No Surprises Act
Free Webinar for Providers: Surprise Billing Provisions, Notice and Consent, and Enforcement
What Do You Think About Value-Based Contracting?
Jul 7, 2022 7:30:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Primary Care, practice management, Value based contracting
A team of physicians from Carolina Complete Health and the North Carolina Medical Society and researchers from the Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University are studying how providers feel about value-based contracts.
Submit a Nomination for Practice of the Year Award
Jul 6, 2022 3:00:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in physicians, medical provider
The North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) is proud to partner with First Citizens Bank to present the 9th Annual Practice of the Year Award, to be presented on the evening of Thursday, September 15th during the Fall Conference networking reception.
MIPS Promoting Interoperability: The SAFER Guide Measure
Jul 6, 2022 8:30:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in MIPS, Promoting Interoperability, EHR
Whether reporting under traditional MIPS or using the APM pathway, you are required to report data for the Promoting Interoperability Category. One new measure to review concerns the SAFER Guides.
Monkeypox: Information session hosted by CDC and HRSA
Jun 29, 2022 2:00:00 PM / by Leslie D McDowell, DNP, ANP-BC, RN posted in cdc, hrsa, monkeypox
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first case of monkeypox virus infection in a North Carolina resident, identified by testing at the State Laboratory of Public Health. Monkeypox is a rare but potentially serious, viral illness that typically involves flu-like symptoms, swelling of the lymph nodes and a rash that includes bumps that are initially filled with fluid before scabbing over. Illness could be confused with a sexually transmitted infection like syphilis or herpes, or with varicella zoster virus (chickenpox). Most infections last two to four weeks.
