"Because this is our inaugural event, the i2i Center team has challenged itself to make this its most information-packed Spring conference to date. 

 

Collaborating for Change - a title that speaks for itself - will deliver on timely and important session topics geared toward moving our system closer to whole person, quality integrated care.  Whether addressing the needs of individuals with behavioral health and I-DD needs in an integrated system, care management, consolidations and mergers, value based reimbursement, service innovations or understanding the link between customer service and clinical care, all topics focus on NC's movement toward a comprehensive system of services that are grounded in whole person care" said Mary Hooper, i2i Executive Director. 

 

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Under newly proposed rules by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), states that deliver 85% or more of their Medicaid services through a managed care arrangement would be exempt from monitoring and analyzing data concerning access to care. The intent of the rule is to reduce the administrative burden on states. In addition, fee-for-service states that reduce Medicaid payments between 4% through 6% would also be exempt from the access monitoring review plan requirements (AMRP). According to CMS, the purpose of the AMRP is to "identify a data-driven process to review access to care and address: the extent to which beneficiary needs are fully met; the availability of care through enrolled providers; and changes in beneficiary service utilization."