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April 27, 2020

Governor Cooper has extended the stay at home order through May 8th using his Executive Order authority to direct citizens in non-essential positions to stay-at-home and to direct specific government agencies to waive certain requirements and develop policies during the pandemic.  Governors have the authority to make such proclamations, particularly in emergencies such as the…

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The State, and particularly the Department of Health and Human Services, continues to add to its pool of resources for individuals and organizations to use during the COVID-19 pandemic.    To find community resources, including housing, food, health care, mental health and substance use disorder services:  Text COVIDNC to 898211  Call 211, access the website or…

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NC DHHS is expediting the ramp up of NCCARE360 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting increased and urgent needs of North Carolinians.  NCCARE360 is a statewide network of health care and human service organizations.  It was initiated by NC DHHS as one strategy to address those Social Determinants of Health that can…

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The NC General Assembly returns for the short session on Tuesday, April 28th.  The House Select Committee on COVID-19, Health Care Work Group has used the interim since the pandemic has impacted the world to gather input.  Health Care and each of the other work groups will develop legislative recommendations—both policy and funding—that will be…

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April 3, 2020

Hospitals and other health care organizations are struggling to meet the needs of those afflicted with COVID-19.  Most of them have put aside elective and routine services to focus their attention on fighting this pandemic.  A March 30th ABC News article states, “As officials scramble to supply hospitals with much needed protective equipment for doctors…

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We are hearing so much information regarding COVID-19 from the Governor, NC DHHS, counties and schools.  We haven’t heard as much from the NC General Assembly.  They are scheduled to return for the short session on April 28th.  There has been some discussion around the State that they may call a special session to specifically…

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For many years North Carolina has been slowly including telehealth in the service system. As NC DHHS leaders have said on several recent webinars, our State has made more movement to embed telehealth in the past two weeks than in the past 10 years. To point, many of the recently announced temporary regulatory flexibilities are…

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March 24, 2020

Risk mitigation has taken on an entirely different meaning when it comes to the provision of service during a pandemic.  Instead of a focus on high accountability reporting, “crossing t’s and dotting i’s”, the entire country is taking measures to waive the usual requirements that may slow down the provision of services.  The federal and…