North Carolina Issues Request For Applications For Medicaid Managed Care Specialty Plans

On November 13, 2020, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) released a request for applications (RFA 30-2020-052-DHB) to select managed care entities to operate Behavioral Health and I/DD Tailored Plans. These plans will enroll a subset of Medicaid beneficiaries with complex behavioral health needs or with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD). The only entities eligible to bid are the state’s seven quasi-public local management entities/managed care organizations (LME/MCOs) that currently manage public behavioral health, I/DD, and addiction treatment services. The LME/MCOs are Alliance Health, Cardinal Innovations . . .