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Today the Department of Health and Human Services issued the NC DHHS Transition of Care Draft Policy for public comments detailing the requirements under which the Standard Plan Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs) will facilitate transition of care for members transitioning between PHPs or service delivery systems. 
On Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, the Department will host a webinar to discuss the Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plan Request for Applications (RFA) Pre-Release Policy Paper published on Jan. 30, 2020. 
NC-MIPS is Open for Program Year 2019, The Security Risk Analysis, Reminder from CMS Regarding Objective 6 and Objective 7, Clarification from CMS Regarding Objective 5 Measure 1: Patient Electronic Access and General Reminders
North Carolina has an annual office visit limit for both mandatory and optional services within the Medicaid program.
This communication serves as an advisory notice for all providers. The intent is to increase awareness of history-only adjustments and voids within NCTracks. 
The following new or amended clinical coverage policies are available on the Clinical Coverage Policies web page on NC Medicaid’s website.
To ensure that the Department gives providers enough time to prepare their applications after the release of the finalized manual, the Department has decided to further extend the initial application deadline for providers from Feb. 21, 2020, to June 2020.
On Jan. 31 ,2020, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced that Keystone Peer Review Organization, Inc. received the contract as the Comprehensive Independent Assessment Entity. 
We are pleased to share for comment the Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plan Request for Applications (RFA) Pre-Release Policy Paper. This complements prior policy papers issued by the Department between 2017 and early 2020 and is intended to give stakeholders additional insight into Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plan design areas not previously addressed in other policy papers. 
On Dec. 11, 2019, DHHS released for comments the draft provider manual and application process for care management for people with Behavioral Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DDs) who will be served by Tailored Plans. The Department is revising the draft manual and will be issuing an updated version shortly.