Per Section 4.6 of the North Carolina General Assembly’s recently approved Session Law 2020-4 (House Bill 1043), NC Medicaid is implementing a 5% rate increase for all Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicaid providers who had not yet received a 5% increase during the COVID-19 public health emergency. 

Medicaid and NC Health Choice providers now have a single source to find answers to questions about COVID-19. The online resource is a collection of Medicaid and behavioral health COVID-19 information, including answers to questions received in the COVID-19 mailbox, during webinars, from COVID-19 Special Medicaid Bulletins and other sources.

Effective with date of service April 15, 2020, the Medicaid and NC Health Choice programs cover trastuzumab-dttb for injection, for intravenous use (Ontruzant®) for use in the Physician Administered Drug Program (PADP) when billed with HCPCS code Q5112 - Injection, trastuzumab-dttb, biosimilar, (Ontruzant®), 10 mg.

North Carolina is experiencing increased community transmission of COVID-19 in many areas of the state, particularly among our historically marginalized populations, especially our Latinx community. Pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic spread is playing an important role. Updated clinician and laboratory testing guidance and a new resource on community testing in historically marginalized populations are available.