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Three Months Left to Submit Program Year 2021 Attestations and the Security Risk Analysis.
DHHS announced the selection of seven organizations to serve as Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disability Tailored Plans (Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plans).
Actions providers should take to reduce claim denials and payment delays.
This bulletin provides important information regarding changes in the law concerning NC HealthConnex, the state-designated health information exchange.
While NC Medicaid works to resolve issues impeding the billing process for CDSA-Contracted Providers to NCTracks, providers who are at risk of not meeting financial obligations this month as a result of this delay may request a hardship advance to offset the business cost due to pended or denied claims.
The updated Quality Strategy now incorporates the quality activities of all managed care plans, including the Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plans, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Tribal Option and Community Care of North Carolina.
NC Medicaid is extending COVID-19 temporary provider rate increases for all providers except hospitals through Sept. 30, 2021.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to permit the emergency use of the unapproved product sotrovimab monoclonal antibody (MAB) for the treatment of certain patients.
Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs) began providing non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) and non-emergency ambulance transportation (NEAT) services for PHP members on July 1, 2021.
All Carolina Access Providers who received health equity payments are asked to take 5-10 minutes to complete a survey by Friday, July 30, 2021. The survey allows DHHS to monitor and evaluate how these payments were used.