North Carolina General Assembly Program Evaluation Division Report To Legislature: DHHS Should Integrate State Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Into The Community-Based System & Improve Performance Management

The report was released in November 2014 by the North Carolina General Assembly Program Evaluation Division (PED). The PED presented cost and utilization data for North Carolina’s public system for adult addiction treatment, which has two primary components managed by different entities. Nine behavioral health managed care organizations (MCOs) manage a community-based system in which an array of services included in the per-member per-month (PMPM) capitated rate are delivered by contracted network provider organizations. Three state-run Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (ADATCs) operate independently of the community-based system. The PED analysis is based . . .