ATTENTION: Medicaid Providers
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation, NASW North Carolina Effective March 1, 2014, new provider monitor tools will be used by LME/MCOs. Training on the new provider … Continue reading
NC Mental Health Crisis Solutions Initiative
The NC Department of Health and Human Services held the first Mental Health Crisis Solutions Initiative meeting this week with social workers and other mental health providers and agencies present. … Continue reading
New Laws starting December 1, 2013
For a list of all bills that passed and have or will become law from July 1st, 2013 to January 1st, 2014, click here. A number of laws passed during the … Continue reading
Help Expand Medicaid in NC!
Repost from NASW’s blog. The original post can be found here. On November 8th, NASW – together with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the Society for Social … Continue reading
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Signed in 2008 by President George W. Bush, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (Parity) required doctors and insurers to treat mental illness the same as … Continue reading
Affordable Care Act Facts
The roll out of the Affordable Care Act has not gone as smoothly as everyone had hoped. With the government shutdown, a dysfunctioning website, and false advertising to consumers, many … Continue reading
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