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		<title>Community Collaborative Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Important  collaborative Meeting]]></description>
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		<title>Lunch and Learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lunch and Learn  &#8211; Depression May 21st, 12:00 PM   Aycock Center]]></description>
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<p>May 21st, 12:00 PM   Aycock Center</p>
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		<title>CANCELLED !!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waiver Training &#8211; Both April 18th and 23rd trainings have been cancelled. Waiver Changes Update : Providers from all regions… Alamance- Caswell, Five County, OPC and Piedmont are encouraged to send a representative to learn about recent waiver changes by attending one of the following trainings. This training is designed to educate Providers on changes to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://fivecountymha.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Waiver-Change-Update.docx">Waiver Training </a>&#8211; <span style="color: #ff6600;">B</span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">oth</span> April 18th and 23rd trainings have been cancelled.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Waiver Changes Update :</span></p>
<p>Providers from all regions… Alamance- Caswell, Five County, OPC and Piedmont are encouraged to send a representative to learn about recent waiver changes by attending one of the following trainings.</p>
<p>This training is designed to educate Providers on changes to the recently approved NC MH/DD/SAS Health Plan and NC Innovations waivers and how these changes may impact the Provider’s delivery of the 1915 (b) and 1915 (c) waiver services.</p>
<p>Mental Health, Intellectual/other Developmental Disability and Substance Use/Addiction services will all be discussed.</p>
<p>This training is for all providers who will be delivering 1915 (b) and 1915 (c) waiver services.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">CANCELLED !!   </span> Wednesday April 18<sup>th<br />
</sup></strong></p>
<p>Piedmont Community College Auditorium</p>
<p>(First Building on the left)</p>
<p>1715 College Drive, Roxboro, NC, 27573</p>
<p>9:30am-11:30am</p>
<p><strong>                OR</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">CANCELLED!!!</span>  Wednesday, April 18<sup>th</sup></strong></p>
<p>Binkley Baptist Church Fellowship Hall</p>
<p>1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514</p>
<p>2-4pm</p>
<p><strong>OR</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">CANCELLED !!!  </span> Monday, April 23<sup>rd</sup></strong></p>
<p>4855 Milestone Avenue</p>
<p>Kannapolis, NC 28081</p>
<p>10-12</p>
<p>See PBH website for directions</p>
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		<title>Medicaid Managed Care Waiver Expands to FCMHA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicaid Managed Care Waiver Expands To FCMHA]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Waiver Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PBH Announcement &#8211; FC Management of Authorizations for SA Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PBH Communications Bulletin &#8211; Five County Management of Authorizations for SA services]]></description>
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		<title>PBH Annoucement Targeted Case Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;  Target Case Management Transistion &#160;]]></description>
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<p> <a href="http://fivecountymha.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/TCM-Transition-Plan-FINAL.pdf">Target Case Management Transistion</a></p>
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		<title>Medicaid Waiver Information</title>
		<link>http://fivecountymha.org/2011/07/medicaid-waiver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Medicaid Waiver Information NC Division of Medical Assistance 1915 bc Waiver dd fact sheet Waiver- case Management Waiver fact sheet]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://fivecountymha.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Medicaid-Waiver-Information1.pdf">Medicaid Waiver Information</a></p>
<p><a href="http://http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dma/lme/MHWaiver.htm">NC Division of Medical Assistance </a></p>
<p><a href="http://fivecountymha.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1915bcwaiverddfactsheet4-11.pdf">1915 bc Waiver dd fact sheet</a></p>
<p><a href="http://fivecountymha.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/waivercasemgmt5-11.pdf">Waiver- case Management</a></p>
<p><a href="http://fivecountymha.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/waiverfact-sheet4-11.pdf">Waiver fact sheet</a></p>
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		<title>Federal Approval of Enhanced Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) which the Department of Health and Human Services submitted to provide for new and enhanced services for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders. These new services are intended to be implemented no later than March 31, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) which the Department of Health and Human Services submitted to provide for new and enhanced services for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders. These new services are intended to be implemented no later than March 31, 2006. The approval of the new service definitions is a critical milestone in efforts to transform the public mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services system. Along with the new Community Alternatives Program waiver for individuals with MR/DD (CAP-MR/DD) that was implemented September 1, 2005, these new definitions provide the clinical foundation for transforming the community service array and providing more effective services to consumers. Many of the new definitions represent evidence-based best practices or provide a platform through which evidence-based, emerging and promising practices can be delivered. With the implementation of these new definitions, North Carolina will have services available for adult substance abusers at every level of care outlined in the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Patient Placement Criteria. The new service array is also designed to improve consumers’ access to services and increase consumers’ choice of provider since all providers of these services will directly enroll in the Medicaid</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a title="Medicaid Waiver Information" href="http://fivecountymha.org/about-us/nc-innovations-waiver/">Medicaid Waiver </a></p>
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