Topics Related to Facilities

This bulletin replaces SPECIAL BULLETIN COVID-19 #79 in its entirety. NC Medicaid has temporarily modified its Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry Clinical Coverage Policy to better enable the delivery of remote care to Medicaid beneficiaries. 
 

This article talks about the new help desk number for PASRR, the new fax number for PASRR-related documents and uploading PASRR-related documents to NCMUST.

The Department of Health and Human Services is implementing the Referral Screening Verification Process for individuals being considered for admission to an Adult Care Home effective Nov. 1, 2018.

Beginning Sept.1, 2018, adult care home and nursing home Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) submissions through Provider Link will no longer be accepted.

Beginning Sept.1, 2018, adult care home and nursing home Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review submissions through Provider Link will no longer be accepted. PASRR submissions will only be accepted via NC Medicaid Uniform Screening Tool.

On June 1, 2018, hospitals, physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners with an electronic health record system must have initiated a connection to NC HealthConnex, North Carolina’s designated statewide health information exchange network.