The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that all Medicaid providers are recredentialed, a process also referred to as reverification. Since March 2020, CMS has allowed for the suspension of reverification due to the Public Health Emergency (PHE), brought on by COVID-19.
According to the Statement of Administrative Policy from the Executive Office of the President, published Jan 30, 2023, the Federal PHE is expected to end on May 11, 2023. With the end of the Federal PHE, reverification notices will resume to providers with approaching reverification due dates, as well as those whose reverification was suspended during the PHE.
Once the Federal PHE ends on May 11, 2023, reverification is not optional. Providers who receive a notice of reverification are encouraged to promptly respond. Providers who do not complete the process within the designated timeframe will receive a Notice of Suspension via postal mail and in their NCTracks Message Center Inbox.
For more information, please see Medicaid bulletin article Provider Reverification to be Reinstated at End of Federal Health Emergency.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pine Grove BH Services LLC has filed a certificate of need application with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a new 120-bed psychiatric hospital in Charlotte — Pinewood Behavioral Health Hospital — which would include both child/adolescent and adult psychiatric beds.
The project is expected to cost $55.5 million and would be completed in January 2026.
A public hearing for this project will be held March 20 at 10 a.m. in the Randolph Room of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – Allegra Westbrooks Regional Branch, 2412 Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte.
Anyone may file written comments concerning this proposal. Comments must be received by the Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section no later than 5 p.m. on March 3.
Comments may be submitted as an attachment to an email if they are sent to DHSR.CON.Comments@dhhs.nc.gov. Comments may also be mailed to the following address:
Helpful Links from PAC:
TCM Capacity Building Funds Guidance Released
https://medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/media/12334/download?attachment
NC Medicaid Clinical Coverage Policies 8A-7 and 8A-8 posted for 45-day
comments period.
https://medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/meetings-notices/proposed-medicaid-and-nc-health-choice-policies
Individual Placement and Support Infographic
https://files.constantcontact.com/6bbdb2e2901/8732e7a4-f727-4b4d-aef4-2e93f635a76f.pdf?rdr=true
NC DHHS Person-Centered Planning Training Sessions:
o Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Click here to register
Triangle Empowerment Center National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
https://files.constantcontact.com/6bbdb2e2901/5538780b-75f6-474d-aae5-a30af8e655dc.pdf?rdr=true
NAMI Virtual Advocacy Days:
March 3 - Virtual Advocacy Day 2 from 10:00 to 11:30 am: We will go through the details of navigating the legislature, where to park, how to speak effectively, and how to schedule meetings with follow-ups.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85059314751
March 9 - Virtual Advocacy Day 3 (starting at 9 am): An in-person event at the General Assembly in Raleigh. We will meet together beforehand at a rally point where refreshments will be served, people will get packets of information to distribute, and everyone will be told where to go if they don't know the legislature already.
