February 6, 2019
Now that DHHS has announced the Medicaid Managed Care Pre-Paid Health Plan Providers (PHPs) for the Standard Plan, you may be looking for details on what is required of the PHPs and how the Standard Plan will affect Behavioral and I-DD services. You are in luck, i2i Center staff have distilled down almost 500 pages of RFP…
January 31, 2019
On January 24th NC DHHS held a webinar that provided additional, point-in-time information on the planning for the BH/IDD Tailored Plans. It was explained that these are initial discussions and that there will be further detail as planning progresses. NC DHHS will continue to offer webinars and other learning opportunities as well as concept papers…
November 29, 2018
Included in the North Carolina 1115 Medicaid waiver that was just approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was a waiver request on the Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion that applies to substance use disorder facilities with 16 or more beds. This waiver will allow Medicaid funds to be used…
October 31, 2018
NC DHHS announced on October 24th that the 1115 Medicaid waiver application has been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS). This approval was a major hurdle to overcome and now almost guarantees the timeline that NC DHHS had set for implementation going forward. The approved waiver includes the BH/IDD Tailored Plans…
October 22, 2018
DHHS has posted on their website the names of the organizations that responded to the Standard Plan RFP to be either a statewide plan or a provider-led entity. They are as follows: Aetna AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Healthy Blue – a partnership of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Amerigroup Partnership Plan…
September 19, 2018
Kody Kinsley has begun a new position as the Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Mr. Kinsley started with NC DHHS as the Deputy Director of the Division of MH/IDD/SUD Services and served as the Interim Senior Director of the Division. Now, he oversees the Division of MH/IDD/SUD Services, the Division…
The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Standard Plan now includes: Answers to questions submitted by responding organizations; Revisions to the RFP, most notably: PHPs must achieve NCQA LTSS Distinction by the end of Contract Year 3; The Scope of Services medical benefits is inclusive of LTSS services, including Nursing Facility Services, Home Health Services,…
The Ombudsman Program is a key component of Medicaid Transformation. NC DHHS released a Request for Information (RFI) for organizations interested in providing the Ombudsman function. Feedback was due on June 27, 2018 and it was a required response for any organization that intends to apply for the contract. Download PDF: Building the Ombudsman Program