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2010 North Carolina Cardiovascular Update

The 9th Annual North Carolina Cardiovascular Update will be held on September 17th and 18th at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill.  A brief focused update on recent advances in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease will be provided.  Please click on the following link to view the brochure:
NC Cardiovascular Update 2010 Brochure

CMS Information

CMS Information
We wanted to make you aware of two recent changes of events regarding CMS.
First, as you probably know CMS recently awarded the J11 MAC to Palmetto. On June 1, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) had received a protest of CMS’ award to [...]

Piedmont Region Meeting – Thursday, Sept. 16

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010
10 am to 2 pm
Grand Oaks Center/Alamance Regional Medical Center campus
1238 Huffman Mill Road
Burlington, NC
Email ssanders@armc.com for further information

2010 Science and Leadership symposium

The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease is now accepting applications for the 2010 Science and Leadership symposium held in collaboration with Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on Oct 9-13. If you have a patient who is a woman living with heart disease who wants to make a difference get them to complete an [...]

Letter from the President

What an exciting time for the NCCRA! Thanks to our corporate sponsor Life Systems International and the help of Ryan Bednar and his company Bednar Multimedia, the website is finally up and running. We will look to our membership to help us continue to build this website to meet your needs. One [...]

NCCRA Coastal Regional Meeting – 6/22/2010

When: Tuesday, June 22, 2010,  9 – 11 am
Location: Lenoir Memorial Hospital
Kinston, NC
Contact Scott Wright for more information:  swright@bjrh.org

15th Annual Building Partnerships for Healthier Hearts – 5/14/2010

Date:  May 14th, 2010
Location:
Village Inn Golf and Conference Center
6205 Ramada Drive
Clemmons, NC
Presented by The Heart Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Registration: $50
Register online at www.wfubmc.edu/heart/edprogs

Special thanks to the following exhibitors for their support of the 2010 symposium!

Cardiac Science Corporation, Advantage Fitness Products, Inverness Medical, Lincare, ScottCare Corporation, Life Systems International, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Alliance Medical, Inc. and HomeCare of the Carolina’s, Coram Specialty Infusion Services, Thoratec, CSL Behring, Lilly USA, Talecris