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From the Triad Business Journal: Cone Health’s 10-year management services agreement with Atrium Health signed in 2012 comes to an end in a few weeks. More details here: https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2019/12/20/cone-health-to-pay-its-own-executives-after.html
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Looking Forward to 2020! At NCBGH, we’re looking forward to a fantastic 2020. NCBGH members will have access to all new roundtable discussions, webinars, action papers and more. And of course we’re planning for another round of great sessions at our Spring and Fall Membership Meetings. So get ready and stay tuned for some great
On 12/20/2019, the president signed into law H.R.1865, the end-of-year appropriations and tax bill, that included a provision to fully repeal the 40 percent excise tax on employer health care coverage.
12/21/2019 – With profound sadness, today we recognized the passing of our great friend and colleague, Chris Cote, but celebrate in the joy and happiness he left in the hearts of those who knew him. Chris unfortunately departed this life on December 17, 2019, as a result of a tragic accident. Chris was the founder
Thanks to all who attended our fantastic 2019 Fall Meeting on 10/4/19! Great Information was shared by our esteemed lineup of speakers. A HUGE thanks to them: NC State Treasurer, Dale Folwell spoke about his “Clear Pricing Project” as well as other great information that was well received by our employers! Mike Thompson, President & CEO
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Join us for the NCBGH 2019 Fall Meeting, Friday, October 4, from 7:45 AM – 1:30 PM. We’ll start the morning with our Networking Breakfast beginning at 7:45, followed by an excellent line-up of presentations and discussion at 8:45 including: NC State Treasurer, Dale Folwell will speak about his “Clear Pricing Project” which would move the
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The American Medical Association (AMA) and Manatt Health released an analysis this month identifying effective state policies used to combat the opioid epidemic. The analysis looked at the response to the epidemic in four states and determined which polices increased access to evidence-based treatment for people with a substance use disorder. Among other initiatives in NC,
The North Carolina State Health Plan “Clear Pricing Project” deadlines for contracting providers under the new percent of Medicare plan have now passed. The good news — 28,000 providers, including independent primary care providers, behavioral health providers, independent provider networks and 5 “courageous” hospitals joined the plan. The bad news — Of 126 hospitals in
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According to a recent Rand Study which reviewed data from hospitals and employers in 25 states, private health plans in North Carolina pay an average of 234% of Medicare. Coincidentally, this is the average of all the states in the study, however the rates between those states varied from a high of 311% in Indiana,