Northwest AHEC has partnered with North Carolina AHEC and Unite Us to deliver an educational series aimed at educating Healthcare Professionals about a new tool for providing holistic patient centered care.
We gather on this day to be thankful for what we have, for the family we love, the friends we cherish, and for the blessings that will come. Happy Thanksgiving!
In between your holiday feasting we invite you to check out these updates, as we find helpful resources we will post them here weekly:
Welcome to the Best Practices in Opioids Prescribing and Management WebinarsWe invite you to learn more about the lectures available for viewing and select what interests you, choose any or all 10. These pre-recorded lectures are all online via your computer or mobile device at your own pace. Prescribers will find modules that address content required by their individual boards for opioid-focused continuing education and other modules that highlight vulnerable and special populations like adolescents, geriatrics, those in hospice, pregnant women and those affected by homelessness. This activity is targeted to those interested in best practices for opioid prescribing and management and opioid use disorder, including physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, behavioral health and addiction medicine specialists, and social service professionals.
AHEC has provided support to produce these modules and offer them at a reduced registration fee of just $10 per session ($100 for all 10 sessions).
To learn more about each session or to register for individual lectures – CLICK HERE:
- Opioids and Opioid Use Disorders: Where Are We Now
- Balancing an Epidemic of Opioid Misuse and Abuse with the Ethical Duty to Treat Pain
- Opioid Use Disorder: Signs and Symptoms, Levels of Care, Referral
Sources and Assessment Tools - Vulnerable Populations and Opioid Prescribing and Management - Hospice
- Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder in Youth (under 21)
- Non-Pharmacologic Integrative Medicine Approaches for Managing Pain
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the Age of Social Distancing
- Substance Use Disorder: Treating Homelessness and Special Populations
- Pearls of Wisdom and Lines in the Sand: Scope and Management of
Opioid Use During Pregnancy - Vulnerable Populations and Opioid Prescribing and Management: Geriatrics
View credit information and more details on our website!
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) issued guidance for Provider and Health Plan contract deadlines for inclusion in open enrollment and auto-enrollment as part of North Carolina’s transition to Medicaid Managed Care.
Provider contracts must be signed and mailed to health plan by:
- Feb. 1, 2021, for inclusion in open enrollment, and
- April 12, 2021, for inclusion in auto-enrollment.
We invite you to check out these other updates for the week, as we find helpful resources we will share them here weekly:
Independent practices eligible for state funds through the NCMS Foundation administered Financial Recovery Program (FRP), now may receive an increased maximum payout of $160,000 for tier 1 practices and $120,000 for tier 2 practices.
We invite you to check out these other updates for the week, as we find helpful resources we will share them here weekly:
We invite you to check out these other updates for the week, as we find helpful resources we will share them here weekly:
Join us for this upcoming Webinar SEAHEC is hosting:
Connecting Communities of Care via Health Information Exchange,
Wednesday, October 28th 12-12:30 PM
Presenter: Jessica Brehmer, Business Development and Outreach Specialist for the Health Information Exchange Authority (HIEA) NC HealthConnex is a secure, electronic network that facilitates conversations between authorized health care providers by allowing them to access and share health-related information. In this session, the speaker will present on the vision of NC HealthConnex, explain how NC HealthConnex can alleviate the burden of logging into multiple systems, and provide use cases demonstrating how providers across the state are leveraging the NC HealthConnex suite of services to better inform patient care.
Medicaid Managed Care Updates
Medicaid managed care will go live July 1, 2021
A practice can change its AMH Tier level by following the steps outlined by NC Medicaid: click here to read more.
Make sure to double check NC Tracks information for accuracy and make changes if needed
Join NC AHEC for these upcoming Medicaid Webinars in Series:
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Benefits and North Carolina AHEC are offering two monthly evening webinar series to help prepare providers, practice managers, and quality managers for Medicaid Managed Care going live on July 1, 2021.
