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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

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

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