The provision of family planning services and family planning-related services has been the sole purpose of the “Be Smart” Family Planning Medicaid program since it started in October 2005, and continued with the CMS approval of the State Plan Amendment in 2014.
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Appropriate maternal depression screening is necessary to ensure that postpartum depression is addressed and care is administered in a timely manner to improve quality of care and long-term outcomes for both mother and child.
The following new or amended combined N.C. Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice clinical coverage policies are available on DMA’s clinical coverage policy web pages.
Clinical Coverage Policy (CCP) 11B-4, Kidney (Renal) Transplantation, has been revised.
There are only four months left to submit an attestation for Program Year 2017.
Per Session Law (S.L.) 2015-241, as amended by S.L. 2017-57, North Carolina providers who are reimbursed by the state for providing health care services under N.C. Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice programs must join NC HealthConnex, the state-designated Health Information Exchange.
Registration is open for several instructor-led training courses for providers that will be held in January 2018.
Note: This article is being republished monthly. It was originally published in the December 2017 Medicaid Bulletin with revisions.
Note: This article was originally published in the October 2017 Medicaid Bulletin. This is the final Medicaid Bulletin publication.