Provider Update: NC Medicaid COVID-19

“Provider Update” is a regular communication to Medicaid and NC Health Choice providers to share statewide COVID-19 announcements and information. Please look for future updates to arrive through NCTracks.

REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA) updated on the Qualified Vendors Supporting COVID-19 Response page

Community Engagement Grants 

  • The NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) issued a Request for Applications for community engagement grants to organizations to assist our efforts in prevention and controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the African American community.
  • North Carolina continues to see a sustained increase in its confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the general population, and a disproportionately high percentage of cases statewide are among historically marginalized populations. The African American Community Engagement grants will be used to fund organizations to build awareness and support for NCDHHS prevention, testing, contact tracing, and isolation supports initiatives in regions of the state disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
  • Applications are due by Aug. 14, 2020. More information can be found here.

COVID-19 Support Service Program

  • NCDHHS is seeking regional partner organizations to administer an innovative new program to support individuals in targeted counties who need supports like food and transportation to successfully quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19.
  • In the Isolation Supports program, people in target counties who are directed to quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19 may apply to receive one or more of five social supports to help them do so: nutrition assistance such as home-delivered meals or groceries; a relief payment to offset temporary loss of income or ability to look for work; transportation; medication delivery; and COVID-related supplies such as a mask or cleaning supplies.
  • NCDHHS is releasing this RFA in order to select regional partners who will administer the program in their area and is prioritizing areas of the state with high per capita COVID-19 case rates for this program, with final target counties selected based on the applications received. This program is temporary and is expected to run until late 2020. 
  • Applications are due by Aug. 7, 2020. Download the Request for Applications.

PRESS RELEASES since the last update include:

NEW social media images available to promote the “SCOOP” on mental health:

Images for Facebook and Twitter can be found on the Social Media toolkit page.

30 NEW additions to the community testing events page (six new CHAMP events)

Note: Due to the tropical storm, some events may experience changes to hours or cancellations. Please check this website for up-to-date information.

UPDATED guidance since the last update include:

UPDATED reports since the last update include: