Issue #1 June 2005
Welcome to the first issue of the Guilford Center Provider FYI
This new e-newsletter will be sent periodically to Guilford Center service
providers to give you helpful updates on State regulations, RFP announcements,
rate changes, service authorization information, training opportunities
and other information. Each section will include the name and email or phone
number of someone for you to contact for more information. Feel free to
forward this newsletter to your staff or other interested persons.
Coming soon! Your own website Provider Corner
In the next few weeks, we’ll send you a link to a new Provider Corner
section on our website designed specifically for service providers. Sections
will include How to Become a Provider; Provider Procedures for authorization
of services, accreditation and monitoring, incident reporting, RFP processes
and other procedures; Best Practices resources; Training Opportunities;
contact information for key staff and more. Until then, for information
about the Guilford Center, visit our general website at www.guilfordcenter.com
In This Issue:
Endorsement Process Training for Medicaid Enhanced Benefit
Providers
RFP Announcement for Adult Day and Vocational Services
Service Definitions Implementation Delayed
Endorsement Process Training for Medicaid Enhanced Benefit Providers
For: Providers of Community Support, Community Support Teams, Diagnostic Assessment, Mobile Crisis, Multi-Systemic Therapy and Intensive In-Home Services
Endorsement is a new State-required verification and quality assurance
process that applies to Medicaid Enhanced Benefit Providers. This uses statewide
criteria to ensure that Medicaid services are provided in a manner consistent
with the Medicaid State Plan.
The endorsement process will take place in four different phases, which
will include various services as they are rolled out based on the new service
definitions. Phase 1 of the endorsement enrollment period is from October
1 to December 31, 2005. Providers interested in offering any of the above
services must attend a required training session to be able to enroll during
that time.
The Guilford Center will offer the following sessions for providers who
wish to enroll in Phase 1:
Dates: Monday, June 27 10:00 a.m.-12 noon OR 2:00-4:00
p.m.
Thursday, June 30 10:00 a.m.-12 noon OR 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Bellemeade Center, 201 North Eugene St., Greensboro,
NC
Room 201 (2nd floor training room)
Parking: Park only in visitors’ spaces in lot located
at Bellemeade and Eugene Streets (across from the new ballpark).
Action Needed:
If you wish to attend, return the Confirmation Form indicating your first and second choices for sessions that you or your staff wish to attend. Fax Confirmation Form to Network Operations at 336.641.3655 by June 25 for the June 27th sessions or by June 28 for the June 30th sessions.
For more information, contact:
Alexis Underwood, Mental Health Services Coordinator, email aunderwood@guilfordcenter.com or call 336.641.4363.Request for Proposals (RFP) for Adult Day and Vocational Services
For: Private or public, non-profit or profit organizations to provide Adult Day and Vocational Services
The Guilford County Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance
Abuse Authority is requesting collaborative proposals for organizations
or institutions to provide adult day and vocational services for persons
with developmental disabilities. Services must be provided in Greensboro
and High Point, North Carolina.
A Best Practices Overview will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Friday,
June 24, at the Guilford Center’s Edgeworth Building location, Fourth
Floor, Room 402, 232 N. Edgeworth Street, Greensboro, NC 27401.
Action Needed:
If you are interested in receiving a copy of the RFP, please notify, in writing or by fax: Area Authority, Attention: Elaine Parker, 232 N. Edgeworth Street, Greensboro, NC 27401.
For more information, contact:
Elaine Parker, Contract Administrator, at eparker@guilfordcenter.com or call 336.641.7761.Service Definitions Implementation Delayed
For: Guilford Center Service Providers
The N.C. Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services has extended the time when new Service Definitions will be implemented. According to a memo from Division Director Mike Moseley, the delay will be until October 2005. What this means is that services will continue as they are at present until these definitions are finalized.
For more information, review the memo from Mike Moseley here: Communication Bulletin039
For more information on these or other Provider issues, please see our website or contact us at 336.641.4981.