Provider Alert

Issued:  March 14, 2018 Partners Behavioral Health Management is initiating this Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify agencies interested in and qualified to become enrolled as approved network providers through Partners’ credentialing process to offer Dialectical Behavior Therapy.  This RFP will also be used to identify current Partners’ Network Providers interested in and qualified to

Issued:  March 6, 2018 The NC Incident Response Improvement System (IRIS) will be unavailable on Thursday, March 8, 2018 from 7 a.m.-11 a.m. due to updates to the system. To learn more about incident reporting with Partners, please visit https://legacy.providers.partnersbhm.org/incident-reporting/. Additional information and instruction for the process of Incident Reporting may be found at the

Issued:  March 2, 2018 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) Effective April 1, 2018, Partners is increasing capacity for EMDR Therapy throughout the catchment area.  NC Licensed Practitioners who have completed 20 hours of Emdria-approved Basic Training for EMDR Therapy are eligible to apply to provide this service in the Partners Network. Please refer

Issued:  February 22, 2018 Rapid Response Stabilization Services Referrals Effective Thursday, March 1, 2018, all referrals for Rapid Response Stabilization Services will be managed through Partners’ Access to Care Department. Rapid Response Stabilization is a crisis response and stabilization service that is treatment focused and intended to support family stability, prevent abuse and neglect, be

Issued:  February 20, 2018 State Claims Denials for MAFDN Coverage Recently, there was a system error at the state level which resulted in State Claims being denied or recouped when billed upstream for consumers with retro MAFDN (Family Planning Medicaid) coverage. Partners will continue to enroll consumers with MAFDN Medicaid coverage in the State Benefit.

Issued: February 2, 2018 Did you know? As of June 1, 2018, hospitals, mid-level physicians and nurse practitioners who currently have an electronic health record system are to be connected to NC HealthConnex to continue to receive payments for Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice (NCHC) services. By June 1, 2019, all other Medicaid and state funded

Partners is holding a meeting on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, from 3 p.m.-5:00 p.m., for all practitioners and organizations interested in offering Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in the Partners’ catchment area. DBT is a comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment for difficult to treat mental health disorders. Although originally developed for chronically suicidal individuals, DBT has evolved into

Feedback Requested by Jan. 3—DMA Super Measures Partners received the final draft of the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) Super Measures on December 21. Providers are asked to review and offer comments and feedback. Please email your questions, comments, and feedback to questions@partnersbhm.org by Tuesday, January 3, 2018 and we will share them accordingly. Click

Are You Registered for the December Provider Webinar? Partners’ Provider Webinar is a great way to learn important information and detailed updates that impact daily operations, without having to leave your office! Partners will host its next Provider Webinar on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 1 p.m. To register, click here. Registrants will receive an email confirmation

AlphaMCS Downtime Nurse Practitioner Credentialing Reconsideration Attention Directly Enrolled Licensed Independent Providers—Post Payment Review DMA Claim Denials—Place of Service Code 02 Attention Providers regarding ASOUD Target Population Roundtable Discussion on Community Navigator Service Delivery Provider Council to meet November 17, 2017 Feedback Requested! New Service: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy AlphaMCS Downtime AlphaMCS will be unavailable on