November 29, 2018
Hurricane Florence barreled down on North Carolina through most of the week of September 10th, 2018. That seems like a long time ago, but the recovery process is ongoing. The impact—both service and cost related—is difficult to tally for the BH/IDD public system, partly because the costs can continue for several months after the actual…
November 15, 2018
The November elections brought changes to the make-up of the 2019 General Assembly and specifically to the health and human services committees. It is too early to say how that will impact future discussions on the public BH/IDD system and the public health and human service system as a whole. Current legislators are not quite…
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 24, 2018
Today, NC DHHS confirmed they received approval from CMS for the Medicaid 1115 Waiver to move ahead with Medicaid managed care and integrated health. More info https://www.ncdhhs.gov/assistance/medicaid-transformation You can also find summary briefs on issues affecting BH/IDD services integration on our Medicaid Transformation page.
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…
October 16, 2018
On October 15, legislators came together to pass important hurricane relief for those affected by Florence. The legislation included Single Stream Funding for LME/MCOs to provide MH/IDD/SUD services to those assessed to be in need of care that reside in federally declared disaster areas. The bill also included funding for housing to allow the North Carolina Housing…
August 15, 2018
By all accounts, there is a lot going on in preparation for moving Medicaid physical healthcare to a managed care model. The General Assembly passed State Law 2018-48, which provided additional direction to NC DHHS on Medicaid Transformation and specifically allowed for the Standard Plan to include the mild-to-moderate behavioral health Medicaid population. NC DHHS…
July 12, 2018
Download Print Version (.docx) Notes: Bills that did not pass must be re-introduced in the 2019 Long Session to be considered, unless discussed in a special session. S.L. = Enacted as State Law SFY = State Fiscal Year (July 1-June 30), e.g. SFY18-19 = State Fiscal Year July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 Appropriations…