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On Feb. 4, 2019, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the selection of five Prepaid Health Plans that will participate in Medicaid managed care when the program launches in November 2019.
Out-of-state providers, including border-area providers, must be enrolled in Medicare or their home-state Medicaid program to enroll in NC Medicaid and Health Choice programs.
The following new or amended clinical coverage policies are available on NC Medicaid’s website. These policies supersede previously published policies and procedures.
The sterilization consent form found on the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) website has been updated.
There has been some confusion over the difference between the currently enrolled provider (CEP) registration and the office administrator (OA) change process. To understand which you may need to use, please see the explanations below.
Effective Jan. 27, 2019, abandoned applications are subject to new rules in NCTracks. While the process for addressing incomplete applications will not change, the timeframes allowed for the submission of documentation are revised.
NC Medicaid has completed updating endoscopy codes in NCTracks, aligning base codes with related procedures in the same family as well as creating three new endoscopy families in NCTracks.
Registration is open for the February 2019 instructor-led provider training courses listed below. Slots are limited. WebEx courses can be attended remotely from any location with a telephone, computer and internet connection. Please note that the WebEx information has changed.
There are only three months left to submit an attestation for Program Year 2018. Providers have until Apr. 30, 2019 to submit a complete and accurate attestation for Program Year 2018.
A contract has been awarded to Wipro Infocrossing to serve as the Provider Data Contractor (PDC), as NC Medicaid transitions to Managed Care. Wipro Infocrossing, will assist the North Carolina Medicaid Managed Care program to identify the credentialing status of providers contracting with Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs).