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Registration is open for the July 2019 instructor-led provider training courses. Slots are limited.
New or amended clinical coerage policies are available on NC Medicaid's website.
NC-MIPS is Open for Program Year 2019. The NC Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment System (NC-MIPS) is only accepting Program Year 2019 Stage 3 Meaningful Use (MU) attestations.
The Contract for Prepaid Health Plan Services (the State Contract) between the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) and the selected Medicaid Managed Care plans (i.e., Prepaid Health Plans or PHPs) indicates that contracts between PHPs and providers shall comply with the terms of the State Contract and must be approved by the Department.
NC Medicaid has received calls concerning the ICD 10 diagnoses codes for acute appendicitis.

NC Medicaid has provided instructions to NCTracks on updating the diagnoses code list for acute appendicitis.
The NC Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment System (NC-MIPS) is currently accepting Program Year 2019 Stage 3 Meaningful Use (MU) attestations.
A new or amended policy on Outpatient Specialized Therapies - Local Education Agencies
In response to provider requests, NC Medicaid has added coverage for central motor evoked potential.
To align with children’s health quality measure reporting, NC Medicaid has added diagnosis code Z71.82 (Exercise Counseling) to NCTracks as an acceptable secondary diagnosis effective Oct. 1, 2017.
One of the goals of a transformed health care system is for near real-time clinical and demographic data to be made available to all health care providers involved in a patient’s care so that they can securely share health information concerning that patient with each other.

North Carolina’s state-designated health information exchange, NC HealthConnex, was created in 2015 by the North Carolina General Assembly to help bridge the gap between disparate systems and health care networks to support whole patient care.