Free Webinar for Providers: Surprise Billing Provisions, Notice and Consent, and Enforcement 

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.

If your practice received more than $10,000 in provider relief funds and did not submit your Period 2 report, please act immediately by submitting a late Reporting Period 2 report request by Friday, May 13, 2022 at 11:59 pm ET.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 established several new requirements for providers, facilities, and providers of air ambulance services to protect consumers from surprise medical bills. These requirements are collectively referred to as “No Surprises” rules and apply to all providers.

If you are seeing changes in reimbursements for Medicare services, it may be related to the sequestration payment adjustments.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina published an update on April 5, 2022.

North Carolina is converting to all electronic death certification effective March 1, 2022, using the NCDAVE platform. 

State Health Plan members have received new ID numbers effective January 1, 2022. It is recommended that you obtain and use the new full ID number for submission of claims with dates of service on or after Jan 1, 2022. 

Our colleagues from the state wide Practice Support team are offering a no-cost webinar for practice managers and their teams. Practices need tools and processes to create and maintain sustainable businesses. This two-part series will focus on key aspects of financial sustainability including long-term planning, establishing systems to track fiscal health, and financial modeling.