NCDMH Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services Implementation Updates

The North Carolina Department of Mental Health Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services has recently issued a list of Enhanced Services Implementation Updates.  For a list of the updates and more information, click here!

Wake and Durham Work Together to Create HMO

Wake County Alcoholic Beverage Control board is giving $2 million to Wake County to help with the start up of a HMO.  Wake County and Durham County are agreeing to start the HMO in order to create a new organization to handle behavioral-health programs paid for by medicaid.  For more information on this issue check out the link here!

Legislators and DHHS Planning fo Medicaid Cutoff Deadling

With a medicaid funding deadline approaching, legislators are getting together with the Department of Health and Human Services to plan for the possible $414 million dollars NC could lose in federal funding.  Check out the link for more information here.

NC State Plan

The N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services is responsible for the general state vocational rehab services program and the state-supported employment services program.  The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires each state VR program to submit an annual state plan outlining how it will comply with the act.  Check out N.C.'s State Plan here!

Twitter

Have you checked out our Twitter page?  We have some great articles as well as information from other counseling organizations on our Twitter page.  Check it out at: https://twitter.com/#!/NCCounseling 

Half of Reduction of Services

A federal District Court ordered that the state of NC halt reductions to home and community based services as well as restore services that have been lost until NC Medicaid and Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare comply with legal requirements.  These requirements include providing Medicaid beneficiaries with adequate notice and opportunity for hearings when services are not provided.  For more information on this case and the court's ruling, click here.

Negotiations for Care of Mentally Ill, Dorothea Dix Closing

With the imminent closing of Dorothea Dix approaching, there is still a need for NC to negotiate care for the mentally ill.  Find out more about this topic at this link.