North Carolina Suspends Transition To Medicaid Managed Care

On November 19, 2019, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) suspended implementation of managed care because the General Assembly adjourned without providing required new spending and program authority for the transition. As a result, managed care will not go live on February 1, 2020. The wind-down process began November 20, 2019. DHHS stated that it will not decide on a new go-live date until it has program authority within a budget that supports its ability to provide critical oversight and accountability of managed care.

Open enrollment, which had launched statewide in October, is suspended . . .