April 27, 2020
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…
Read moreNC 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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreApril 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…
Read moreWe 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…
Read moreFor 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…
Read moreMarch 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…
Read moreMarch 13, 2020
North Carolinians are receiving requests to complete their 2020 Census forms. By completing and submitting your census information, you could help increase the State’s funding through Medicaid, block grants and other federal programs. The 2020 Census data is used in a myriad of ways to make decisions in national healthcare funding and structure for many…
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