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MedBoard Matters

Medical regulation is an important but complicated topic. Join host Jean Fisher Brinkley to explore the North Carolina Medical Board’s mission and responsibilities and learn how NCMB protects the public. Patients and medical professionals – this podcast covers everything you need to know about the medical board, and then some!

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Board 101: Serving on the North Carolina Medical Board Mar 26, 2024

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On this episode of MedBoard Matters, we interview two former Board Members (and Presidents) and our current Board President, Dr. Christine Khandelwal and uncover what drew each of them into pursuing service on the North Carolina Medical Board. Plus we outline the process for becoming a Board Member and much more.
View the resources mentioned in this episode here.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guests: Dr. Tim Lietz; Dr. Eleanor Greene; Dr. Christine Khandelwal
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

Combating congenital syphilis in North Carolina Feb 20, 2024

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On this episode of MedBoard Matters we are partnering once again with NC DHHS to raise licensee awareness of a worrying resurgence of an illness considered all but eradicated: syphilis. Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with Dr. Victoria Mobley, Medical Director of the HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease section of the state Division of Public Health on ways clinicians can aid in the efforts to combat congenital syphilis.
View the resources mentioned in this episode here.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: Dr. Victoria Mobley, NC DHHS
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

Board 101: Setting up medical corporations in North Carolina Dec 01, 2023

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In this episode of MedBoard Matters, we are talking all about medical corporations and NCMB’s role in helping to register them in accordance with state law. Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with the Board's Corporations Coordinator Malinda Sink about the key things our licensees should do when "hanging out their shingle".
View the resources mentioned in this episode here.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: Malinda Sink
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

Avoiding missteps with physician supervision of APPs Nov 03, 2023

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Problems and misunderstandings with physician supervision of PAs, NPs and other APPs are perennial issues in North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) enforcement cases. In this episode of MedBoard Matters, Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with John Goldfield, PA-C, who is an Assistant Medical Director with the NCMB about his experiences building successful relationships with supervising physicians.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: John Goldfield, PA-C
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

Results are in from the 2023 Licensee Survey Sep 28, 2023

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In this episode of MedBoard Matters, Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with Clare Studwell, Founder & CEO of Flow Strategy about the survey results from our 2023 Licensee Survey. The Board asked providers to weigh in on topics ranging from their employment challenges to changes in opioid prescribing to implementation of telemedicine in their practices. Listen in and see what we learned.
Visit our website to access some of the resources discussed on the episode.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: Clare Studwell, Founder & CEO of Flow Strategy
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

New MATE CME Training Aug 15, 2023

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In this episode of MedBoard Matters, Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with Dr. Robyn Jordan, Medical Director of the UNC Addiction Medicine Fellowship about a new eight hour continuing medical education (CME) series that focuses on the treatment of opioid use disorder. This series satisfies the new one-time DEA training requirement that is part of the Medication and Treatment Access or MATE Act.
Resources mentioned in the episode can be found here.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: Robyn Jordan, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the UNC Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

Ensuring compliance with Board actions Jul 10, 2023

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In this episode of MedBoard Matters, Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley and the Board's Director of Legal Department Operations, Carren Mackiewicz, discuss the Board’s revamped compliance & monitoring program and cover what the Board is doing to ensure that licensees who are ordered by the Board to do something - either in the interim or permanently - are in compliance.
Resources
Medical board disciplinary terms and concepts
Recent Board actions

Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: Carren Mackiewicz, Director of Legal Department Operations for the North Carolina Medical Board
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

Goodbye Mr. Henderson May 30, 2023

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In this episode of MedBoard Matters, allow us to get a little nostalgic as we say goodbye to Mr. R. David Henderson, retiring CEO of the North Carolina Medical Board as he talks about his time at the Board and the many, many changes that have taken place at the organization over the last 26 years.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: R. David Henderson, retiring CEO of the North Carolina Medical Board
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

The mainstreaming of MAT May 04, 2023

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In this episode of MedBoard Matters we are taking a look at the current landscape for MAT prescribing. Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with Dr. Blake Fagan, Department Chair of Family Medicine for MAHEC, the Mountain Area Health Education Center about current trends in MAT and dives into a training mandate on the horizon that impacts anyone with an active DEA registration.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
NCMB MAT Resource page
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: Dr. Blake Fagan, Department Chair of Family Medicine for MAHEC, the Mountain Area Health Education Center
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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Email your questions to: podcast@ncmedboard.org.

Licensee Duty to Report Controlled Substance Prescribing Misconduct Apr 05, 2023

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This episode of MedBoard Matters, dives into the second part of our two-part series on N.C. Gen. Stat. §90-5.4 (aka, Duty to Report); Specifically on our licensee's duty to report any fraudulent prescribing, drug diversion or theft of controlled substances by a licensee of the Board. Host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with the NCMB's Chief Investigative Officer, Pat Berckmiller and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Burke-Haynes about the types of cases the Board has seen around these activities and shares some guidance and CME resources designed to help our licensees with this difficult duty.

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