Supported Employment - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided additional guidance for assessment of individual employment sites on a Sept. 25, 2015 call with the State.  Based on this guidance, individual site assessments will not be required after the initial statewide provider self-assessment process.  After the initial self-assessment process ends only the corporate site will be required to submit an assessment.   

 

(b)(3) Services - (b)(3) Assessments for Supported Employment, Day Supports and Residential Supports will be accepted through 8 p.m. October 15, 2015.   A '(b)(3) services' selection has been added to the E-Assessment as a waiver selection. Please remember that this includes MH/SA Supported Employment provided under the (b)(3) service array.

 

Innovations Waiver Amendment - Per NC Department of Health and Human Services, the Innovations Waiver amendment has been delayed. The additional time needed for the initial 30-day posting resulted in a delay of the stakeholders' review and the final 10-day posting, which will result in a later-than-expected submission to CMS. The new effective date is April 1, 2016.