Category: Care Management

This form addresses both State-funded and Medicaid-funded members who are potentially eligible for Local Management Entity/Managed Care Organization (LME/MCO) Care Management. Care Management is an administrative service defined by the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) and the NC Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (NCDMHDDSAS). Click on the following link to access [...]

Care Coordination is an administrative function, not a service.  Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Care Coordination activities involve identifying a person’s needs, then coordinating and linking the individual to behavioral health services and supports. 

Want to refer an individual to the Transitions to Community Living Initiative? The process has changed. Learn more. The State of North Carolina entered into an agreement with the United States Department of Justice in 2012. The purpose was to ensure that persons with mental health issues are able to live in their communities in [...]

Partners’ Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Department works with individuals, or “members”, and their support system, to make sure that people receiving services are cared for in the best possible manner.

What is the Registry of Unmet Needs? The Registry of Unmet Needs is a registry, or waiting list, for individuals who are in need of NC Innovations Waiver and/or other intellectual and/or developmental disability services and funding. Each Local Management Entity/Managed Care Organization maintains its own Registry of Unmet Needs. NC Innovations Waiver funding is limited. Partners maintains [...]

NC Innovations Waiver The Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver, most commonly referred to as "NC Innovations," is a Medicaid Waiver program for individuals with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities. It is designed to give individuals and families an alternative to placement in an intermediate care facility (ICF). NC Innovations offers services and support options designed to [...]

Providers who employ a relative or legal guardian that lives in the home of an adult (18 years) NC Innovations recipient and who is the direct support staff for that recipient, must comply with the Relative/Legal Guardian as Direct Support Employee (RADSE) process.