March 18, 2019
The I’m IN: Community Inclusion has recruited four new Pilot Partners to extend the impact of community inclusion. Each of the four Pilot Partners will implement an innovation within their local community that promotes inclusion of adults with mental illness. The four sites are: Johnson County – the project will work in partnership with Alliance…
Read moreThe Children’s Council meeting on March 15th included discussion that emphasized the need to strengthen formal processes and information sharing across health and human services as it applies to children involved with local departments of social services, LME/MCOs, schools and juvenile justice. The Children’s Council is formally known as the Child Well-Being Transformation Council. This…
Read moreMarch 12, 2019
The i2i Center is closely tracking legislative areas that will impact behavioral health, I-DD, and progress towards integrated health. The Governor has unveiled his budget proposal for the biennium of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-2020 and SFY2020-2021. This signals the formal beginning of the budget process. It will be up to legislators as to how…
Read moreFebruary 28, 2019
As a part of the Medicaid 1115 waiver application, NC DHHS submitted a “Healthy Opportunities” pilot. The pilot was approved along with the Medicaid 1115 waiver. This pilot brings an exciting prospect for achieving an important aspect of whole person care because it allows for Medicaid/Health Choice reimbursement in four areas of Social Determinants of…
Read moreThe Family First Prevention Services Act, signed into law by Congress on February 9, 2018, could drastically change the child welfare system by putting more of an emphasis on prevention and using a trauma-informed approach to develop service and support plans for children at-risk of entering foster care or children already placed in foster care….
Read moreFebruary 21, 2019
Peer Support Specialists have become an important part of service delivery in North Carolina. With the opportunities within Medicaid Transformation and the focus on integrated care, it would seem that their importance will only increase. There are some efforts in North Carolina to build upon what we have currently–to show that Peer Support Services can…
Read moreFebruary 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…
Read moreFebruary 5, 2019
i2i is seeking Insight to Innovation Topics for our upcoming Spring Conference, June 10-11 in Raleigh. This event attracts approximately 500 MH/IDD/SUD and healthcare professionals in NC and beyond. Insight to Innovations topics will be presented on June 10th. Click here to download writable PDF application – Presenter Form-Spring2019 FINAL . Deadline for proposals is March 8, 2019. Innovation…
Read more