Most Medicaid beneficiaries can now choose a health plan and primary care provider for their Medicaid Managed Care services through Dec. 13, 2019. Medicaid Managed Care will begin Feb. 1, 2020.

DHHS has received federal funding that will support a key goal of the state’s Early Childhood Action Plan and the Perinatal Health Strategic Plan, reducing maternal mortality.

DHHS is responding to Hurricane Dorian. Although the storm has passed, DHHS is continuing to help North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Dorian.

At the NC Opioid Summit, Governor Roy Cooper and DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen highlighted the state’s progress in addressing the opioid epidemic over the last two years and launched the updated Opioid Action Plan 2.0 to continue to combat the issue.

The plan provides a framework to galvanize coordinated public-private action to achieve 10 measurable goals for young children that address health, safety, family resilience and learning outcomes.

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