Beginning April 1, 2021, NC Medicaid will begin strictly applying its timeline business rules for the receiving, processing and closing out referral requests.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the unapproved products, bamlanivimab and etesevimab to be administered together for qualifying patients.
Janssen COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for use under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in individuals 18 years of age and older.
NCDHHS announced today the launch of statewide open enrollment for NC Medicaid Managed Care. Beneficiaries can enroll through May 14, 2021 in preparation for NC Medicaid Managed Care launch on July 1, 2021.
The Advanced Medical Home Glidepath Attestation functionality is now live in NCTracks.
The following new or amended clinical coverage policies are available on the Clinical Coverage Policies web page on NC Medicaid’s website.
NC Medicaid has updated its Appendix K to extend flexibilities on how Medicaid providers and beneficiaries access and receive home- and community-based services through CAP/C, CAP/DA, NC Innovations waiver and Traumatic Brain Injury waiver.
To ensure that NC Medicaid meets implementation timelines and can fully integrate EVV through claims adjudication for all providers, alternate EVV Solutions must pass testing validation by March 10, 2021. If the solution has not passed testing by March 10, 2021, provider agencies currently enrolled with their solution may be required to enroll with the State’s EVV solution, Sandata, to ensure they are compliant with EVV requirements.
In addition to the NC Medicaid Provider webpage, Medicaid and NC Health Choice providers now have a supplemental resource to research their questions and submit inquiries.
The Department released the Advanced Medical Home Provider Manual 2.0 today. This version reflects program expectations as well as recent program modifications and changes that impact provider contracts.