Enhanced Behavioral Health Services

Community Intervention Services

DMA Clinical Policy and Programs
Phone Number (919) 855-4290
Fax (919) 715-9451

As part of mental health reform, enhanced benefit mental health services are being implemented to provide a variety of community based services for Medicaid recipients. These services include:

Ambulatory Detoxification
Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT)
Child and Adolescent Day Treatment (CADT)
Community Based Rehabilitative Service (CBRS) Early Intervention
Community Support Services
Detoxification/Crisis Stabilization
Diagnostic Assessment
Intensive In Home
Mobile Crisis Management
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
Non Hospital Detoxification
Opioid Treatment
Partial Hospitalization
Professional Treatment Services in Facility Based Crisis Programs (FBCP)
Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Substance Abuse (SA) Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment Program
SA Intensive Outpatient Program
SA Medically Monitored Community Residential Treatment
SA Non Medical Community Residential Treatment

Providers must be endorsed by the LME (local management entity) for each service before enrolling as a Medicaid provider. Information about the endorsement process can be found on the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disability, and Substance Abuse Services website.

Additional information about Enhanced Mental Health Services is available in the following publications:

For service requirements, coverage criteria and limitations, refer to:

Information about budget initiatives affecting community support services is available on the Community Support Servcies Transition web page.

Medicaid Bulletins

For changes and updates to coverage criteria, billing information, and other program requirements refer to the N.C. Medicaid general and special bulletins.