Joint Communication Bulletins
Joint Communication Bulletins are formal communications that the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services and the Division of Health Benefits (NC Medicaid) use to inform the public as new developments occur.
Joint Communication Bulletins 2020
Recent Joint Communication Bulletins
- JCB #J448 Tobacco-free Policy Requirement
- JCB #J447 Update to State-Funded Transition Management Services Service Definition
- JCB #J446 Mobile Outreach Response Engagement Stabilization and Mobile Response Stabilization Services Update
- JCB #J445 Person-Centered Planning Training Update
- JCB #444 Mobile Crisis Management Clinical Coverage Policy and State Plan Update
- JCB #J443 Mobile Crisis Management State Plan and Clinical Coverage Policy Update
- JCB #J442 Transitions to Community Living Discharge and Transition Process from Adult Care Homes
- JCB #J441 Transitions to Community Living Discharge and Transition Process from State Psychiatric Hospitals
- JCB #J440 Person-Centered Planning Training
- JCB #J439 Update to Transitions to Community Living Employment Incentive Plan
- JCB #J438 State-Funded Services for IDD and TBI Residential and Community-Based Day Services
- JCB #J437 Clarification on the use of 1915 (b)(3) Respite
- JCB #J436 Update to Reporting of DMH/DD/SAS Performance Measures Templates and Reporting
- JCB #J435 Transitions to Community Living (TCL) Employment Incentive Plan
- JCB #J434 Revision to the State-Funded Community Living and Support Service
- JCB #J433 State-Funded Assertive Engagement Service Definition
- JCB #J432 Update to Individual Placement Support (IPS) - Supported Employment Fidelity Evaluations
- JCB #J431 Update to Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) - Tool for Measurement of Assertive Community Treatment (TMACT) Fidelity Evaluations
- JCB #J430 Resuming of Provider Monitoring by LME-MCOs
- JCB #J429 Terminating Requirement of the LOCUS and CALOCUS
- JCB #J428 Opioid Treatment Programs - Request for Temporary Waiver
- JCB #J427 Reinstitution of the NC Innovations Waiver Back-Up Staffing Report
- JCB #J426 Transitions to Community Living Eligibility for Individuals with Co-Occurring Neurocognitive and Acquired Brain Injury Diagnoses
- JCB #J425 State Funded Independent Living Service
- JCB #J424 Opioid Treatment Program Take-Home COVID-19 Flexibility Extension Update
- JCB J423 Placement of Minors in Unlicensed Alternative Family Living Homes
- JCB J422 Opioid Treatment Program Take-Home COVID-19 Flexibility Extension
- JCB J421 Home and Community-Based Services Validation Processes Update
- JCB J420 Individual Placement and Support State-funded Telehealth Flexibility Extension
- JCB J419 Transitions to Community Living Eligibility with Co-Occurring Diagnoses and Change in TCL Terminology
- JCB J418 Transitions to Community Living Successful Individual Placement and Support Enrollments
- JCB J417 State-Funded Services for IDD and TBI Update
- JCB J416 State-Funded TBI Long Term Residential Rehabilitation Service
- JCB J415 Clarification of Transitions to Community Living In Reach Function
- JCB J414 Update on Resuming the Tool for Measurement of Assertive Community Treatment and Individual Placement and Support Fidelity Evaluations
- JCB J413 State-Funded (Non-Medicaid) Provider Credentialing
- JCB J412 Level of Care and Supporting Documentation During the COVID-19 State of Emergency Update
- JCB J411 Home and Community-Based Services Validation Processes
- JCB J410 State-Funded Community Living and Day Supports Services RFA
- JCB J409 Short-Term Group Home Assistance
- JCB J408 State Funded Residential Supports and Supported Living Periodic Service
Joint Communication Bulletin # J407 (February 18, 2022) has been replaced by Joint Communication Bulletin # J408 (March 31, 2022).
- JCB J406 Update to Reporting of DHHS Performance Measures SFY2022
- Competitive Integrated Employment
- JCB J405 Coordinated Response to a Sudden Closure of a Child Residential Care Facility
JCB J404 has been replaced by JCB 406. The templates have been updated to reflect new county realignments and are included in JCB 406.
- JCB J404 Reporting of Performance Measures SFY2022
- JCB J403 Competitive Integrated Employment and Meaningful Day Options
- JCB J402 Individual Placement and Support In-At Risk Checklist
- JCB J401 Update regarding Cabarrus, Stanly, and Union County Realigment
- JCB J400 To Reiterate Olmstead Obligations and Address Department's Current Initiatives and Planning
- JCB J399 American Society of Addiction Medicine Training Resources
- JCB J398 Resuming Individual Placement and Support and Tool for Measurement of Assertive Community Treatment Fidelity Evaluations
- JCB J397 Electronic Visit Verification Guidance Document - Live-In Caregivers and Transitional Living Supports
- #JCB J396 State-Funded Day Supports Service
- #JCB J395 Electronic Visit Verification Guidance Document -- Innovation Waiver, TBI Waiver, (b)(3) Services
- #JCB J394 High Fidelity Wraparound Clarification
- #JCB J393 Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Fidelity Evaluation Process
- #J392 Transitions to Community Living Initiative (TCLI) Extension
- #JCB391 State-Funded Community Living and Support Service Implementation
- #JCB390 ASAM Requirements for the Comprehensive Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Assessment: Training Clarification
- #J389 Money Follows the Person Demonstration Project Programmatic Changes
- #J388 Addition of Provider Types for SBIRT CPT Codes
- #J387 SFY 2020 and 2021 Network Adequacy and Accessibility Analysis
Requirements for North Carolina LME-MCOs- Network Adequacy and Accessibility Analysis Requirements 2021
- Appendix A - DMHDDSAS Contract Language
- Appendix B - NC Medicaid Contract Language
- Appendix C - Service Codes
- Appendix D - Urban - Rural County Designation
- Appendix E - FormToRequestException Choice Access
- Appendix F - Network Access Plan Requirements 2021
- #J386 Rescinded JCB #248 Critical Access Behavioral Health Agencies (CABHAs) Sunsetting
- #J385 Capitation Payment Discrepancy Reporting Process Changes
- #J384 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Medicaid Managed Care Regulations Revisions
- #J383 Home and Community Based Services Validation Update
Archived Joint Communication Bulletins
Archived DMH/DD/SAS Communication Bulletins
- 2014 Communication Bulletins (#141 - #143)
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