North Carolina DHHS Statement To Legislature About Pace Of Consolidation Among Public Behavioral Health Managed Care Organizations

This document was released on October 30, 2015 by the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The letter states that DHHS would delay approving consolidations of the state’s public behavioral health local management entities/managed care organizations (LME/MCOs) until DHHS clarifies its Medicaid reform plans. In 2014, DHHS had advised the nine LME/MCOs to consolidate into three or four regional MCOs by July 1, 2016 . . .