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Dr. Dobson speaks at Healthcare Summit

Dr. Dobson spoke about rising healthcare costs at the 2014 Healthcare Summit in Concord, North Carolina

CCNC in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy

Theo Pikoulas contributed to an article for the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy on North Carolina Medicaid Recipient Management Lock-In Program: The Pharmacist’s Perspective”

CCNC’s Theo Pikoulas, Carlos Jackson, Troy Trygstad, Amelia Mahan and Mike Lancaster contributed to a paper for the Mental Health Clinician

Check out the article, “Community Care of North Carolina – A Statewide Initiative for Innovative Pharmacy Practice with a Behavioral Health Focus,” here

CCNC, GSK, and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy collaborate on medication management

Group seeks holistic, coordinated approach to patient care

Time Warner Cable News Interview with Dr. Betsey Tilson

Time Warner interviews Dr. Betsey Tilson (former Medical Director at Community Care of Wake & Johnston Counties) about Enterovirus prevention

NC DHHS Cites CCNC’s Pregnancy Medical Home Efforts in Release About NC's Lowest Infant Mortality Rate

The Public Health Division of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) today announced that North Carolina's Infant Mortality Rate for 2013 was 7.0 per 1,000 live births, tying 2010 as the lowest Infant Morality Rate in NC's history

CCNC mentioned in article by USA Today about focusing on high-risk patients to reduce spending

CCNC shows $382 million -- or 15% -- in savings for "super utilizers" enrolled in coordinated care programs. "Super utilizers" are 1% of the population who account for 22% of health care spending, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Boston Business Journal highlights CCNC in an article about coordinated care

Time Warner Cable interviews Tom Wroth

Tom Wroth, executive vice president and chief medical officer at CCNC, interviewed by Time Warner Cable's In Depth news program on the subject of Population Health

Trygstad on the panel for Pharmacy Times

Troy Trygstad co-moderated two expert panels at an Industry Insights Breakfast Roundtable following the 2014 Next-Generation Pharmacist™ Awards that discussed how community pharmacists are well-positioned for the new value-driven model of health care

TechTarget looks to CCNC in article on how to speed up analytics in healthcare

John Poonen, vice president of product management at CCNC, discussed speeding up analytics in healthcare using data virtualization at the TDWI Executive Summit in Boston

The North Carolina Experience: Success in Fighting Opioid Abuse Demands Multifaceted Approach

Project Lazarus and Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear's Medical Director, Dr. Robert Rich, featured in the American Academy of Family Physicians' recent newsletter

Trygstad, Williams present at American Society of Consultant Pharmacists’ continuing pharmacy education program

Other states continue to tap into CCNC's experience, innovations

Overview of visit by Oklahoma legislator

Appalachian Care Medical Mission

Earlier this month, AccessCare and Community Health Partners took part in the Appalachian Care Medical Mission, which provided the public with free primary medical care, dentistry, optometry, and behavioral health services, as well as classes on nutrition, smoking cessation, stress reduction, and healthy/fit lifestyles

Arkansas wants the same kind of care model that N.C. has, and is willing to pay $750K

CCNC, the nonprofit group that helps manage the Medicaid population in North Carolina, was selected to implement the program in Arkansas

Arkansas selects CCNC for medical home/care management program

CCNC has been selected by the Arkansas Department of Human Services/Division of Medical Services from among bidders seeking to provide care coordination support and population health services for the State of Arkansas

CCNC partners to help Pitt County sheriff officers be the first to be equipped with Naloxone

The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is the first law enforcement agency in NC to equip its patrol cars with Naloxone, a substance that counteracts the effects of drug overdoses for heroin and other opioids. More than 145 patrol officers, investigators and school resource officers received an hour of training on using Naloxone, thanks in part to a partnership that includes Community Care Plan of Eastern Carolina.

CCNC mentioned in Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

White House Rural Council

Dr. Chip Watkins spoke and participated in a panel discussion as part of the White House Rural Council’s Opportunities for Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Care Meeting in Washington, D.C.