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Registration is open for the April 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.

NC Medicaid has developed a general overview and topic-based webinar series that will educate providers to effectively support their transition to Medicaid Managed Care. General webinars are designed to give providers an overview of major changes and important things to know while the focused, topical webinar series will offer a deeper dive on specific topics.

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.

NCTracks receives files from the North Carolina Medical Board the first week of every month. Providers do not need to update their license renewals in NCTracks. The expiration date will be updated by NCTracks automatically as long as the license number on the provider's record is correct and matches the license number issued by the Board.

The following new or amended clinical coverage policies are available on NC Medicaid’s website:

There are only two months left to submit an attestation for Program Year 2018. The NC Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment System (NC-MIPS) will close for Program Year 2018 at midnight on April 30, 2019. After that, no changes can be made. 

Registration is open for the March 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.

Proposed new or amended North Carolina Medicaid and NC Health Choice clinical coverage policies are posted for comment throughout the month.

This is a reminder that not all drugs administered by injection or infusion are covered in the Physicians Drug Program (PDP) as a part of the medical benefit. Some of these drugs are only covered in the outpatient pharmacy benefit when requested by prior authorization (PA) and dispensed by a retail or specialty pharmacy.

NC Medicaid has approved the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an independent assessment entity (IAE) that will streamline access to Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) effective July 2019. The IAE will provide beneficiaries a much-needed single point of entry for accessing Medicaid LTSS services and streamline the processes between initial contact and service enrollment.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.