Topics Related to Facilities

The portal has been updated with an enhanced view of Financial and Testing submissions for participating providers.
Additional information on prior authorization is available.
NC Medicaid wants to ensure that during the transition to NC Medicaid Managed Care that Medicaid beneficiaries receive the care they need as scheduled prior to July 1.
This bulletin provides guidance to nursing facilities serving NC Medicaid-only residents transitioning to managed care on July 1.
Due to diminished need, NC Medicaid will no longer accept new requests to serve as a Response Facility from nursing homes, effective Monday, June 21, 2021.

End-Dating the Use of Taxonomy Code 313M00000X (Nursing Home-Intermediate Level of Care) From Provider Permissions Matrix, Continuation of Temporary Suspension of Level I and Level II Assessments for New Nursing Home Admissions, NCMUST Webpage Update, PASRR Submission and Required Supporting Documentation

Effective July 1, 2021, NC Medicaid will increase fee-for-service rates and establish rate floors for facility-based crisis and mobile crisis management services that will mandate minimum reimbursement rates.

This bulletin updates and extends NC Medicaid’s reimbursement for allowable COVID-19 testing of nursing facility staff and healthcare personnel. 

This bulletin revises the COVID-Response Site criteria established in SPECIAL BULLETIN COVID-19 #82.