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| NC TOPPS News.... |
For assistance with NC TOPPS issues email nctopps@smokymountaincenter.com
CNDS numbers can be obtained through Smoky Mountain LME/MCO for NON-Medicaid consumer. If you need to request a number please email nctopps@smokymountaincenter.com with the following information:
- Consumer's first name, middle initial, and last name
- Consumer's date of birth
- Gender
- Consumer's social security number
- Race and ethnicity
- Primary language spoken
- Provider agency name and address of location services received
Be sure to use secured or encrypted email to send this information to Smoky because it contains PHI. The LME/MCO superusers will funnel those requests to Eligibility and Enrollment and get a number back to you.
MH/SA Supported Employment Provider
NC TOPPS are required for MH/SA Supported Employment consumers. You can begin submitting these reports now, and implementation will be mandatory on 10/1/14. Below is the new hierarchy for the responsibility of NC TOPPS submissions.
Adult SA/MH
- Residential Services
- Partial Hospitalization
- Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT)
- Substance Abuse Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment
- Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Treatment
- Community Support Team
- Opioid Treatment
- Supported Employment or Long Term Vocational Supports
- Periodic (State Funded SA only)
Child SA/MH
- Residential PRTF
- Partial Hospitalization
- Multisystemic Therapy Service
- Intensive In Home
- Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient
- Child and Adolescent Day Treatment
- Residential Services (except PRTF) & Therapeutic Foster Care
- Supported Employment or Long Term Vocational Supports
- Periodic (State Funded SA only)
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| MemoryCare Workshop | |
Driving and Aging - When is it Time to Stop?
Date: Thursday, July 24th
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location: Haywood County Senior Resource Center, 81 Elmwood Way, Waynesville
Content includes: Presentation by MemoryCare Physician, Lisa Verges, MD and performance from The MemoryCare Plays
Registration: The workshop is free and open to the public but please register by calling 828-771-2219.
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| Upcoming LBDA Webinar: The Primary Care | |
Upcoming LBDA Webinar: The Primary Care Physician's Perspective - Could this be LBD?
Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 2:00-3:00 pm ET
Join LBDA for a free, 1-hour webinar on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at 2:00 PM ET, featuring Charles Driscoll, MD, FAAFP.
Click to Learn more and to Register
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| Benefit Plan Streamlining Implementation |
Click link to Benefit Plan Streamlining Implementation
Communication Bulletin # 142 on NC Divison of Mental Health, Development Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
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| Youth Mental Health First Aid | |
Date: July 31, 2014 (8:30a-5:00p) - McDowell
Presenters: Melissa Ledbetter & Robin Winkler, SMC Community Specialist
Training and Registration Information
Date: August 7, 2014 (8:30a-5:00p) - Polk
Presenters: Ann Dupre Rogers & Marilyn Kaylor, SMC Community Outreach Team
Training and Registration Information
Date: August 19, 2014 (8:30a-5:00p) - Jackson
Training and Registration Information
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| Peer Academy | |
A unique, intensive training opportunity offered by Meridian Behavioral Health Services in collaboration with Smoky Mountain LME/MCO
This training is open to individuals interested in pursuing em-ployment as a peer support specialist and obtaining certifica-tion as PSS through the Peer Support Specialist Registry from the Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program, School of Social Work, UNC-Chapel Hill.
August 18 - 22, 2014
154 Medical Park Loop, Sylva NC
Click flyer for details
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| B3 Supportive Employment in Benefit Plan | |
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| How to Request Additional Units to an Existing Authorization! | | Attention all MH/SA/IDD Providers:
When requesting additional units for an existing authorization, providers should follow the following procedure:
1. Submit a SAR for the additional units needed that includes a clinical justification statement for the additional units. Emails and telephone requests will not be honored for this purpose.
2. The requested start date of the newly submitted SAR should not pre-date the SAR submission date ; the end date of the newly submitted SAR should match the end date of the original authorization.
3. No Additional documentation is required to be submitted with the SAR.
4. The Clinical Justification should clearly state the specific date for which the original authorization should be lapsed. The number of units requested on the newly submitted SAR should reflect the number of additional units that is requestied to add to the existing authorization.
Questions regarding this process should be directed to: Judith Collins, Care Management Director, 828-586-5501 x 1260 or Judith.collins@smokymountaincenter.com
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| Updated Consumer Data Warehouse Requirments | |
Smoky Mountain LME/MCO is updating the requirements for providers in order to come into compliance with the NC Consumer Data Warehouse (CDW) data submissions.
Please click link for a list of required data fields and the CDW communication
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| Health & Safety Reviews ... | |
The monitoring of Unlicensed Alternative Family Living (AFL) homes shall be conducted by the Contract Performance Team of the Smoky Mountain Provider Network Department to ensure a safe environment for the consumer.
See link for the entire Communication
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| Updating local Modifier for Svcs: H0019U4 | |
Smoky Mountain LME/MCO is updating the local modifier that is attached to the Level 4 Behavioral Health Residential Long-Term Treatment procedure code, previously referenced in the Smoky AlphaMCS system as H0019U4.
Click link to learn more
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| NC Innovations Stakeholders Group |
Smoky Mountain LME/MCO is hosting quarterly stakeholders meetings for participants, families and providers involved in the N.C. Innovations waiver. The first meeting will be:
July 28, 2014
6:00pm-8:00pm
Please see flyer to register! |
| System of Care Training | |
System of Care Child & Family Team II Training
July 30 & 31, 2014
9:00am-4:00pm
Western Carolina University-Asheville
Click link to learn more... |
| Person-Centered Thinking Training | |
This two-day workshop is designed to introduce the principles and use of Person- Centered Thinking.
Date: July 17th & 18th - Buncombe County
Date: August 28th & 29th-Caldwell County
Questions: Call Lisa Allen, Training Coordinator 828-586-5501 Ext.1163
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| Training Opportunities | |
Adult Mental Health First Aid Train-The-Trainer
August 11-15, 2014
Location:
Alliance Behavioral Healthcare
4600 Emperor Blvd.
Durham, NC 27703
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
July 29-31st, 2014
Location:
505 Oberlin Rd, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC
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| Developmental Disabilities Training Institute Presents: | |
Cultural Diversity Training
August 5, 2014
9:00am-4:00pm
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| Upcoming MAHEC Trainings | |
Kimberly Strom-Gottfried, LISW, PhD presents:
July 24, 2014 - October 9, 2014
August 18, 2014 - August 22, 2014
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| Smoking Cessation Class | |
The Free Clinic is sponsoring a Smoking Cessation Class
Tuesday Evenings 6:00p-8:00p begining 7/01/14 - 8/12/14
The class is free for anyone who is interested in quitting smoking!
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| Keeping Our Children Safe | |
Steward of Children is a prevention training program that teaches adults how to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
August 5, 2014-Caldwell
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Smoky Mountain Office
825 Wilkesboro Boulevard, Lenior, NC
Training and Registration Information
October 14, 2014-McDowell
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Smoky Mountain Office
408B Spaulding Road, Marion, NC
Training and Registration Information |
| t3 Think Teach Transform - onlineTrainings | |
Upcoming trainings starting in May include:
- Beyond the Basics - Motivational Interviewing (15 hrs CEU credits)
- Housing First - (10 hours CEU credits)
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Smoky Mountain Center's Access Call Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide information, screening, triage and referrals for mental health, substance abuse and intellectual/developmental disability services. The toll-free phone number is 1-800-849-6127. |
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