About the Chapter North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Cardiology 1500 Sunday Drive, Suite 102 Raleigh, NC 27607 (919) 861-5581 info@ncacc.org Our Mission: "To support North Carolina cardiovascular specialists as they serve their patients." The North Carolina Chapter of the ACC is a 501-C (6) not-for-profit corporation and was incorporated on December 2, 1991. It currently has approximately 590 dues paying members. The Chapter's Bylaws were last amended in September 2008. Click Here to view the bylaws. Click here for a Regional Map ACC PAC The Voice for Cardiovascular Issues PAC Frequently Asked Questions The PINNACLE Network™ The American College of Cardiology has launched the PINNACLE Network™, the first-ever registry-based cardiovascular network to link thousands of cardiology practices to each other and to the ACC’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry® (NCDR), the preeminent cardiovascular data repository in the United States. The PINNACLE Network™ immediately addresses the rapidly shifting business environment that private cardiovascular practices face with a wealth of practice management and financial management tools. The PINNACLE Network™ also builds a foundation for innovative, registry-based systems to reward practices for the high quality care that they provide. Specifically, the PINNACLE Network builds on the College's commitment, experience and leadership in cardiovascular care and forms a one-stop shop for: Practice management tools Workflow and workforce solutions Educational and advocacy resources Health IT tools Risk management strategies for lowering medical liability costs, and The PINNACLE Registry – formerly the IC3 Program The PINNACLE Registry™, designed by cardiologists, benefits from its two-year pilot phase as the IC3 Program and now will be integrated into the NCDR® to provide participants with access to both hospital and ambulatory patient-focused data. As one of the largest practice-level scientific efforts undertaken in the United States, the IC3 Program®, now the PINNACLE Registry™, contains hundreds of thousands of clinical patient records focusing on four common cardiac conditions – coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure and atrial fibrillation. For more information on the ACC’s PINNACLE Network™ visit www.pinnaclenetwork.org