North Carolina AHEC is part of the NC Sentinel Network. This group of health care organizations across the state collaborate to gather timely information about what employers are facing. This information will be shared with policymakers, planners and educators to help formulate policies and solutions.

 Please join us for these upcoming webinars in June!

It is important to contract with health plans in advance of NC Medicaid Tailored Plan launch on Dec. 1, 2022

Every U.S. household can get up to 3 orders of at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests at no cost! 

Please join us for an educational webinar about how the provider community can best support children and youth in Foster Care.

Recently, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made some changes and additions to coding for care management services.

The Northwest AHEC Practice Support Team is committed to promote understanding and improve the orientation of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) for North Carolinians. In order to support these goals, we will share a publication on SDOH each month on our Practice Support Blog.

In observance of Pride Month for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, we are sharing an article that highlights and reports experiences of discrimination against LGBTQ adults in the United States. These experiences of discrimination contribute to poor health outcomes.

We invite you to read a recent blog post from Eugene Woods, President and CEO, Atrium Health and Kinneil Coltman, SVP and Chief Community & Social Impact Officer, Atrium Health.

Building on the success of previous ‘Lunch and Learn’ offerings to regional primary care practices, Northwest AHEC provided ten online self-paced modules in 2020-2022 on a variety of topics related to Best Practices in Opioid Prescribing and Management.