WCMS staff works alongside physician leadership and membership throughout the year on projects of importance and value to our constituencies. Here are some of the recent accomplishments:  Read 3rd Quarter update here. 

WCMS Foundation was the recipient of an anonymous donation of just under $7,000 to provide support for cancer patients in Project Access®. In collaboration with Sona Pharmacy, Project Access® is offering each eligible patient up to $700 in medications, durable medical equipment, and over-the-counter supplements prescribed by the physician. If you are a physician or physician assistant who treats cancer patients and you have a Project Access® patient with a diagnosis of cancer, your patient may be eligible for this program. Contact Dianna@mywcms.org for more information.  

WCMS is incredibly thankful to all the physicians and providers who participate in Project Access. You all work tirelessly to promote the health of all the patients in our community and give so much to our medically fragile neighbors in need. We are so grateful to all the work that you do and you deserve public recognition and praise for giving back in such a meaningful way.  Here is the ad that was published in the Asheville Citizen Times on 9/24/2017.  

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Are you paying staff in line with the national benchmarks? Here's our ninth annual Staff Salary Survey, where 1,082 respondents (practice managers and physicians) let us know how much each of their staff members earn. Here are a few highlights:  View results here. 

We must change the way we talk about this disease.  
Opioid-use disorder (OUD) should be viewed as a chronic illness, and methadone and other medications need to be seen as useful for treating OUD. Similar to patients with hypertension, congestive heart failure, diabetes, etc., those suffering from OUD may require long-term treatment.  I also think it is important for medical providers to work on using medical language, such as "positive" or "negative" tests (instead of "clean" or "dirty), and we should all make a very strong effort to avoid saying the word "addict." The connotations are very negative, so it will really help decrease the stigma that is so common in addiction.  Read more here.