March 23, 2021
Congress passed the HR 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and it did include funding for mental health and substance use disorder services as well as home and community based services. Some of the largest allocations for BH/IDD in the American Rescue Plan include: • $1,500,000,000 in funding for block grants for community…
February 26, 2021
A free webinar will be held Friday, March 19, 12:00-1:30 PM for health care advocates and other interested parties about NC Medicaid’s Move to Managed Care. Topics will include: How the new system will work and important rollout dates Duties of the state agency, managed care plans, and Enrollment Broker to beneficiaries Anticipated challenges/issues to…
February 16, 2021
The new webpage includes important information for Providers as we transition to the Standard Plan between now and July 1. Information includes: Provider Directory Key Dates of Transformation Contracting Information Provider Playbook Updates Upcoming Webinars February – April, 2021 and more.
February 2, 2021
The NC General Assembly officially convened on January 13th and used the first two weeks of the long session to select committee members and appoint chairs. They reconvened on January 27th and began deliberations. Bills are slowly being introduced and committee work has not yet gotten underway. There are some new and familiar leaders in…
NC DHHS announced that they have awarded the Ombudsman contract for Medicaid managed care to Legal Aid of North Carolina. The Ombudsman role is a federally mandated component of the 1115 Medicaid waiver that gives NC the authority to move forward with integrated Medicaid managed care. In 2018, i2i wrote about the ombudsman in 2018…
The i2i Center and Benchmarks teamed up to offer a webinar for Providers, Managers and others on incorporating System of Care (SOC) into provider services under the Tailored Plan. System of Care offers a proven national model to increase value-based, whole person care for children and their families in NC. System of Care is a…
The Task Force was established by Governor Roy Cooper in June 2020 to “focus on addressing existing policies and procedures that disproportionately affect communities of color and developing solutions to ensure racial equity in North Carolina’s criminal justice system.” They have now issued their 2020 final report. The report includes recommendations related to the juvenile…
In the 200 page National Strategy for COVID-19 Response and Preparedness, January 2021 plan and among the many executive orders signed, President Biden is paying particular attention to individuals with disabilities and laying out new strategies to protect them from COVID-19 moving forward. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to issue new…