Galen Connections

For those practices that are connected to NC HealthConnex through Galen, you should have received an email on November 9th, 2020 regarding your new HIE connection options. NC HealthConnex is transitioning practices off of Galen connections. Please respond via email at NCHealthConnex@sas.com with your preferred connection choice by January 1st, 2021.

Dear NC HealthConnex Participant,

We hope this message finds you and your staff staying well during this difficult time. We are contacting you because our records indicate you are connected to NC HealthConnex via the Galen solution…..

Please update NCHealthConnex@sas.com with your preferred connection choice by January 1, 2021.

Medicaid Managed Care Fireside Chat Webinar Series 

EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH FROM 5:30 TO 6:30 P.M. 

Register for Medicaid Managed Care topics 

Hosted by Shannon Dowler, MD, Chief Medical Officer, NC Division of Health Benefits. 

Moderated by Hugh Tilson, Director, NC AHEC Program. 

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 Webinars

We 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:

1. Opioids and Opioid Use Disorders: Where Are We Now
2. Balancing an Epidemic of Opioid Misuse and Abuse with the Ethical Duty to Treat Pain
3. Opioid Use Disorder: Signs and Symptoms, Levels of Care, Referral
   Sources and Assessment Tools
4. Vulnerable Populations and Opioid Prescribing and Management - Hospice
5. Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder in Youth (under 21)
6. Non-Pharmacologic Integrative Medicine Approaches for Managing Pain
7. Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the Age of Social Distancing
8. Substance Use Disorder: Treating Homelessness and Special Populations
9. Pearls of Wisdom and Lines in the Sand: Scope and Management of
   Opioid Use During Pregnancy
10. 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: