North Carolina’s Coastal Carolina Neuropsychiatric Center Stops Medicaid Services

Circle Connections: New Products & Services A local mental health provider is set to discontinue services to thousands of Medicaid recipients in Onslow, Carteret and surrounding counties beginning next month. Coastal Carolina Neuropsychiatric Center (CCNC), which has offices in Jacksonville, Morehead City, Kenansville and New Bern, will no longer accept Medicaid for mental health, intellectual developmental disabilities and substance abuse treatment as of April 22. The Center's medical director, Dr. Ash Mikhail, said he has never turned away patients before, but has no choice now. He said changes in state laws were forcing his staff to place more emphasis . . .