2023 Advocacy Days a Success

We made our return to Raleigh this week – March 28 and 29 – for our 2023 Advocacy Days. Once again, we teamed up with the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) to provide legislative updates, visit the General Assembly and meet with our North Carolina legislators.

Tuesday we spent hearing from some of North Carolina’s important legislative players on the current political climate of healthcare in North Carolina, and what it means to patients, providers and our medical practices. Thank you to our NCMGMA Advocacy Committee Co-chairs Melissa White and Jacob Rodman, CMPE, along with NCMS Executive Vice President and CEO Chip Baggett, JD, and North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, for sharing your time and insights with us.

On Wednesday, we gathered at the NC Medical Society offices for some coaching and talking point discussion, then headed over to the Legislative Building and Legislative Offices to commence our morning visits and meetings.

Thank you, again, to everyone who participated in this successful event! A big thank you also goes out to our Premier level Alliance sponsor, Curi, for sponsoring our Tuesday evening networking reception at Rye Bar & Southern Kitchen.

Keep Making Your Voice Heard

Though Advocacy Days is a great start, we need to keep up the work of making our voices heard among our NC legislators. Use NCMS’s Tips and Tricks sheet to continue voicing your concerns about current legislation affecting North Carolina’s healthcare patients, doctors and practices.

Find Your NC Legislators

Follow this link to see our event photos album

Cary Orthopaedics Case Study

2021 Alliance sponsor feature article courtesy of rater8

Cary Orthopaedics has proudly served Raleigh and Southeast Wake County for over 30 years. When CEO, Brad Scheel, joined the team in January 2019, he knew he had to do something about their subpar online image. Brad states “My best doctors had only 2-3 online reviews after practicing for 10-20 years.”

Cary Orthopaedics struggled with the same problem many medical practices experience today: poor and too few online reviews. Most patients had exceptional experiences at the practice. However, the few outliers were inclined to vent their frustrations online. Having encountered this problem at his previous practice, Raleigh Endocrine Associates, Brad knew how to address this.

Click here to view the complete case study

Connect with NC Healthcare Leaders as a 2020 Alliance Sponsor

Join our 2020 Alliance Sponsors and
Connect with NC Healthcare Leaders

Connect with practice administrators and high-level managers throughout North Carolina with our annual Alliance Sponsorship. Alliance delivers high-impact marketing and quality face-time with healthcare management decision-makers.

2020 Confirmed Alliance Sponsors (as of 11/26/19)

Apex Technology
Appalachian State University MHA
Bernard Robinson & Company, LLP
Biz Technology Solutions
CARR Healthcare Realty
Curi – a Medical Mutual Co.
HandCraft Services
MagMutual
MDcentric Technologies
MedPro Group
Prince Parker & Associates
rater8
Rockingham Revenue Services, LLC
SCS – An A/R Management Firm
Sentinel Risk Advisors
Stanley Benefit Services
Strategic Solutions of Virginia
Summit Credit Union
Technology Associates
TriMed Technologies, Corp.

How Alliance Works

The Alliance sponsorship program provides a selection of core benefits that gain you access and exposure to the Active members of NCMGMA: the practice managers and administrators of North Carolina’s healthcare industry. PLUS: you select the level-specific benefits package that best fits your marketing goals and objectives.

Visit the 2020 Alliance Sponsorship Opportunities page to learn the complete details of the Alliance program, and how you and your company can start connecting with NCMGMA membership and reaping the benefits of Alliance participation. Registration is open so make a commitment to Alliance today!

Core Benefits

• Affiliate membership in the NCMGMA.
• Annual Conference exhibit booth.
• Recognition and link on the website and e-news site, NCMGMA News.
• NCMGMA News article submission
• Access to the medical practice decision-makers in North Carolina.

Big Events for 2020

• Annual Conference
  May 13-15, 2020
  Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes, Myrtle Beach, SC
• Advocacy Days
  June 9-10, 2020
  Raleigh Marriott City Center, Raleigh, NC
• Fall Conference
  September 16-18, 2020
  Renaissance Hotel, Asheville, NC

How to Participate

2020 Alliance sponsorship registration is now open. To sign up today, follow the registration links below. 2020 Alliance benefits will take effect January 1, 2020.

• Click here to sign up online
• Click here for a printable flyer and registration form

Please note: Alliance sponsorship will not be confirmed until payment is received.

Questions

Follow the links above for more information and for registration. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org

Become a Master Communicator at One of our Regional Education Day Events

Join Scott Carbonara, The Leadership Therapist, in Charlotte on September 26th and Durham on November 1st, as leaders explore their biggest “pet peeves” and communication obstacles at work, and learn 10 practical and applicable tips for strategic communication.

By the end of the session, participants will learn how to engage with a company’s greatest asset: its people.

Browse this email for complete Regional Education Day event information. Registration is open so pick the session that best fits your location and schedule and sign up today!

Sessions and Speakers

Workplace Violence: Supervisors and Staff Response to an Active Shooter
Lt. Michael Huber, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD)
Charlotte Session
Workplace violence can happen at any time. Now is the time to train yourself and your staff on how to respond to an active shooter. Join us as we cover safety knowledge, preventative measures, action plan development, and response training for your supervisors and staff.

Workplace Violence: Supervisors and Staff Response to an Active Shooter
Cpt. Terry Hairston, Defend and Protect, Inc.
Durham Session
Workplace violence can happen at any time. Now is the time to train yourself and your staff on how to respond to an active shooter. Join us as we cover safety knowledge, preventative measures, action plan development, and response training for your supervisors and staff.

Becoming a Master Communicator
Scott Carbonara, The Leadership Therapist
Charlotte and Durham Session
Leaders will explore their biggest communication obstacles at work and learn 10 practical, and immediately applicable, tips that range from tactical to strategic communication. By the end of the session, participants will be able to understand and implement: the big 3 “I’s” of why people communicate (Inform, Influence, Inspire); the dos and don’ts of email etiquette; maximizing verbal and cross-cultural communication; and understanding the “stickiness” and audience retention of communication

Digital Patient Acquisition
Stephen Fogg, Fogg Media
Charlotte and Durham Session
Physician practices are becoming more proactive in recruiting new patients. What is “state of the art” in acquiring new patients via search engine optimization, social media, paid search, and other means? How can practices increase patient engagement and mobilize them to tell their friends about a delightful experience? Healthcare marketing expert Stephen Fogg shares his experiences helping physician practices acquire new patients and the metrics he uses to track those results.

Regional Education Day Exhibitors

Here’s your chance to get one-on-one time with some of the healthcare industry’s leading product and service providers. With the smaller scale of the Regional Education Day format, you’re sure to get the personal attention you need to get all of your important questions answered.

Curi – a Medical Mutual Co.
Emtiro Health
First Citizens Bank*
HitsTech
LabCorp
MagMutual
MSOC Health
NCHA Strategic Partners
zone Waste Solutions
Prince Parker & Associates
RingCentral, Inc.
SCS – An A/R Management Firm
Stanley Benefit Services
SunTrust Bank
UnitedHealthcare

*Exhibiting at the Charlotte Regional Education Day only.

Attendee Registration

The cost to register is $125 for members, $150 for non-members and $50 for students. Additional staff can attend at a 10% discount per attendee. Follow the link below for online registration.

• Charlotte Regional Education Day Online Registration
• Durham Regional Education Day Online Registration

Questions

Follow the links above for more information and for registration. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org.

NCMGMA Boasts Largest Advocacy Days Ever!

With over 115 attendees in-house on Wednesday, NCMGMA celebrated our largest-ever Advocacy Days event. Our speaker lineup this year included Attorney General Josh Stein; Chip Baggett, NCMS; Cody Hand, NCHS; NC State Treasurer Dale Folwell; Dr. Mandy Cohen, DHHS; and a panel that include four of the newest Medicaid Managed Care payors. Our speakers and panelists brought our attendees up-to-date on everything from the State Health Plan to the latest happenings with Medicaid Managed Care.

And just this morning, over 40 members set out to meet with their representatives at the North Carolina General Assembly to discuss important healthcare issues including:

• Joint HHS Appropriations Committee for Medicaid Managed Care and the importance of awareness of the additional requirements now shifting to the providers due to multiple types of Insurance Carriers. Additionally, changes to the Fee for Service contracts moving to value-based care contracts and the administrative burden shifting to providers.
• The Save Act asking providers not to vote for this bill as supervision from physicians is necessary to maintain the highest quality of care for our NC residents.
• HB184 – Study of State Health Plan Design, asking to keep the bill as it currently is until more definite options are in place for quality and cost savings for the members and tax payers.
• S886 – In favor of the Small Business Healthcare Act reducing employees from 26 to 12.

Thank you to all who came out for this year’s Advocacy Days, and a big thank you to Melissa White and Cam Cox, NCMGMA’s Advocacy Days co-chairs, for all their hard work in putting this event together for our members!

• View our 2019 Advocacy Days Flickr album here

2019 NCMGMA Annual Conference

Don’t forget to join us in Wilmington, May 8-10, 2019, for NCMGMA’s Annual Conference to network and receive additional advocacy updates, including:

• A session on the Blue Premier Update from BCBSNC’s Mark Werner
• “The Health of Healthcare Politics in NC” from Representative Dr. Murphy and Representative Josh Dobson
• The “State of Change” with Nathan Babcock of Parker Poe
• And More!

Click here to view the complete list of conference sessions and to start making plans to join your colleagues in Wilmington in May.

Make Your Voice Heard in Raleigh: Join us for Advocacy Days in June

Meet with North Carolina Legislators
Make a Difference in Healthcare in our State

June 6-7, 2018
Holiday Inn Raleigh Downtown
North Carolina State Capitol

This year, join us June 6th and 7th in Raleigh as we host our 10th annual Advocacy Days which we promise to be packed full of information you do not want to miss! There is no shortage of issues at hand in North Carolina and NOW is the time to make our voices heard!

Schedule of Events

Wednesday June 6, 2018
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Medicaid Managed Care Payor Panel: What’s Next for North Carolina? A diverse panel of payors competing for contracts to administer Medicaid managed care in NC will present information about their programs, next steps, and what providers need to know about the upcoming transition. • Lisa Farrell, North Carolina Owned Provider Plans (Bio) • Steve Keene, Carolina Complete Health Network, Inc. (Bio) • Anita Bachmann, United Healthcare Community Plans (Bio) • Gregg MacDonald, WellCare (Bio)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	BCBSNC, Legislative Affairs Update Hear directly from Blue Cross about legislative efforts in North Carolina. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn more and ask questions face-to-face about Blue Cross’s plans to address the recent direction from State Treasurer Dale Folwell to cut State Health Plan reimbursement rates by 15%. • Chris Evans
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	NCDOI Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) Learn about how SHIIP can help your practice and your patients navigate the complexities of Medicare, Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and long-term care insurance. Since the program’s creation in 1986, SHIIP has become a role model for other states and has received two national awards for “innovative” and “exemplary” service. • Melinda Munden, Communication Specialist
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	DHHS Learn what role the DHHS will play in helping to structure the Medicaid Managed Care plans. Take the opportunity to validate with DHHS some of the information learned in the prior session with the potential Medicaid Managed Care companies. • Dave Richards, Deputy Secretary for Medical Assistance Bowtie: Live and Unedited Always a fan favorite, hear about the many hot topics affecting medical practices in North Carolina. Chip Baggett will provide the group with insight into the current “sausage making” that is happening in downtown Raleigh during the current session. • Chip Baggett, NCMS
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Dinner at Taverna Agora Sponsored by Medical Mutual
Thursday June 7, 2018
9:00 am – 12:00 pm	Legislative Visits with NCMGMA and General Assembly Meetings

General Information

Registration
Register and join fellow NCMGMA members in Raleigh on Wednesday, June 6th for a half-day of education sessions and a dinner program sponsored by Medical Mutual. Stay on Thursday, June 7th and meet with our legislators, along with other North Carolina administrators. For members of NCMGMA, the cost is $55 per person. For non-members, the cost is $75 per person. Registration cost covers education and dinner. After May 21st, the cost of registrations increases by $10.

• Click here to register online today

Hotel Accommodations
Reserve your room now at the Holiday Inn Raleigh Downtown. Limited standard rooms available at the discounted rate of $109/night for single/double occupancy plus tax. To reserve your hotel room, please call the hotel directly at 919-832-0501. Reservations will be accepted until rooms are sold out or until Monday, May 21st. Self-parking is available for $7.00.

Questions?
If you have any questions about the NCMGMA Advocacy Days, please contact the NCMGMA offices at 800-753-MGMA (6462) or by email at info@ncmgm.org.

NCMGMA Advocacy Days are June 6-7 in Raleigh

Meet with North Carolina Legislators
Make a Difference in Healthcare in our State

June 6-7, 2018
Holiday Inn Raleigh Downtown
North Carolina State Capitol

This year, join us June 6th and 7th in Raleigh as we host our 10th annual Advocacy Days which we promise to be packed full of information you do not want to miss! There is no shortage of issues at hand in North Carolina and NOW is the time to make our voices heard!

Schedule of Events

 

Wednesday June 6, 2018
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Medicaid Managed Care Payor Panel: What’s Next for North Carolina? A diverse panel of payors competing for contracts to administer Medicaid managed care in NC will present information about their programs, next steps, and what providers need to know about the upcoming transition. • Lisa Farrell, North Carolina Owned Provider Plans (Bio) • Steve Keene, Carolina Complete Health Network, Inc. (Bio) • Anita Bachmann, United Healthcare Community Plans (Bio) • Gregg MacDonald, WellCare (Bio)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	BCBSNC, Legislative Affairs Update Hear directly from Blue Cross about legislative efforts in North Carolina. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn more and ask questions face-to-face about Blue Cross’s plans to address the recent direction from State Treasurer Dale Folwell to cut State Health Plan reimbursement rates by 15%. • Chris Evans
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	NCDOI Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) Learn about how SHIIP can help your practice and your patients navigate the complexities of Medicare, Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and long-term care insurance. Since the program’s creation in 1986, SHIIP has become a role model for other states and has received two national awards for “innovative” and “exemplary” service. • Melinda Munden, Communication Specialist
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	DHHS Learn what role the DHHS will play in helping to structure the Medicaid Managed Care plans. Take the opportunity to validate with DHHS some of the information learned in the prior session with the potential Medicaid Managed Care companies. • Dave Richards, Deputy Secretary for Medical Assistance Bowtie: Live and Unedited Always a fan favorite, hear about the many hot topics affecting medical practices in North Carolina. Chip Baggett will provide the group with insight into the current “sausage making” that is happening in downtown Raleigh during the current session. • Chip Baggett, NCMS
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Dinner at Taverna Agora Sponsored by Medical Mutual
Thursday June 7, 2018
9:00 am – 12:00 pm	Legislative Visits with NCMGMA and General Assembly Meetings

General Information

Registration
Register and join fellow NCMGMA members in Raleigh on Wednesday, June 6th for a half-day of education sessions and a dinner program sponsored by Medical Mutual. Stay on Thursday, June 7th and meet with our legislators, along with other North Carolina administrators. For members of NCMGMA, the cost is $55 per person. For non-members, the cost is $75 per person. Registration cost covers education and dinner. After May 21st, the cost of registrations increases by $10.

• Click here to register online today

Hotel Accommodations
Reserve your room now at the Holiday Inn Raleigh Downtown. Limited standard rooms available at the discounted rate of $109/night for single/double occupancy plus tax. To reserve your hotel room, please call the hotel directly at 919-832-0501. Reservations will be accepted until rooms are sold out or until Monday, May 21st. Self-parking is available for $7.00.

Questions?
If you have any questions about the NCMGMA Advocacy Days, please contact the NCMGMA offices at 800-753-MGMA (6462) or by email at info@ncmgm.org.

Registration is Open for the 2017 NCMS-NCMGMA M3 Conference in Raleigh

What Does the Future Hold for Health Care?
Find some answers at the 2017 M3 Conference

September 14-16, 2017
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, NC

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) are joining forces once again to present an array of educational, networking and social opportunities for their respective memberships.

What can you expect at this year’s M3 Conference?

• Informative sessions led by health care leaders in North Carolina who are shaping policy, such as NC DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH.
• Insight into the latest legislative developments that could impact your practice, including a talk led by health policy expert Robert L. Laszewski on “U.S. Health Care Policy in the Trump Era.”
• Strategies for success using alternate payment models, with talks on Friday and Saturday presented by the innovators leading the way such as Rebecca Onie, CEO of Health Leads.
• Camaraderie with your colleagues – physicians, PAs, practice administrators and managers from throughout the state. Attend receptions offering good food and fun or mingle with your colleagues in the expansive Exhibit Hall.

Registration is now open.  For complete details including attendee and exhibitor fees, please visit the M3 Conference website here.

M3 Attendee Registration Opens Soon

September 14-16, 2017
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, NC

What is M3?

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) have joined forces to offer the educational conference of the year, focusing on practice improvement, leadership in health care and personal development. Presented by leading experts and industry professionals, the hand-selected educational sessions will help you understand and implement new payment and practice models, sharpen your leadership and management skills, adapt to changing technology and keep your practice ahead of the curve in the ever-changing world of health care.

Highlights

• Three consecutive days of relevant, cutting-edge educational sessions;
• Social events and networking opportunities;
• Engaging speakers and informative sessions on the most timely health care issues;
• Poster competition for medical students and residents;
• Exhibit Hall with health care vendor products and services.

Attendees

Attendees of the M3 Conference include: Physicians, Physician assistants, Other allied professionals, Medical practice managers, Medical office staff, Physician group administrators, CEOs, CMOs, Residents, and Medical Students.

Attendee registration opens soon
For more information, please visit the M3 Conference website here.