On Thursday, August 8, 2019, leaders from North Carolina’s hospitals, health systems and physician provider groups sent the following open letter via email to members of North Carolina’s State Senate asking them to support uninterrupted access to in-network care for our state’s employees
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Earlier this week, an organization funded by the State Employees Association of North Carolina launched a website and television commercial personally attacking North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) Board Chair Dr. Mike Waldrum, who has been a vocal champion for his community. Dr. Waldrum,
Read more →Regarding the North Carolina State Treasurer’s announcement yesterday that he will further alter the State Health Plan in an effort to lure more hospitals, decisions about whether or not to opt-in to the Treasurer’s new offer remain up to individual hospitals and health
Read more →Joann Anderson, RN, MSN, president and CEO of Southeastern Health in Lumberton, has been awarded the North Carolina Healthcare Association’s (NCHA) highest honor — the 2019 Distinguished Service Award. The award is given each year to an NCHA member executive whose contributions to
Read more →July 18, 2019 — Joan Wynn, PhD, RN, chief quality and patient safety officer for Vidant Health in Greenville, has been awarded the North Carolina Healthcare Association’s (NCHA) 2019 Clinical Leadership Award. This award honors an individual who has demonstrated exemplary clinical leadership
Read more →Cherokee Indian Hospital Director of Quality Featured in COSMOS Magazine COSMOS Compliance Universe magazine interviewed Teri L. Morris, RN BSN CHC-F, Director of Quality/Patient Safety at Cherokee Indian Hospital, to get some insight into the hospital’s successful compliance program for its May 2019
Read more →The proposed 2020 State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP) has been posted on the NC Division of Health Service Regulation’s website. Public hearings on the proposed SMFP will be held statewide in July. Today’s NCHA Regulatory Report has more details. Also included in the report are proposed
Read more →The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2020 in April 2019. The proposed rule affects Inpatient PPS Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) and PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospitals.
Read more →Cary, NC – June 14, 2019 – The North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) has named Cynthia Charles to the position of vice president of communications and public relations. Charles will be responsible for developing and implementing public relations and communications activities to support
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NCHA Submits Comment Letter on CMS’s Guidance for Hospital Co-Location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities
NCHA submitted a comment letter addressing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed guidance for hospital co-location with other hospitals or health care facilities. This draft guidance represents an important update to existing CMS policy. While CMS’s general allowance of co-location
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