August 10, 2023 Medicaid Transformation in North Carolina, Part 2

Four years later….

Delays delays delays. 

Finally, with the launch of the standard plans in mid-2021. Patient Health Plan insurance programs.  The role of the Local Management Entities (LMEs) whose populations where to be enrolled in Tailored Plans (and now continue on “standard Medicaid.”)  The collapse of Cardinal Innovations LME.  NC DHHS at “full stop” – after four go-live dates, they no longer giving guidance for when they will activate the Tailored Plan.  The staggered role out of the Tailored Plan and the likely major mistake at the root of the Tailored Plan.   Implications for associate level clinicians finding their way in their careers.