Reminder: Checkwrite cutoff on Wednesday not Thursday

Due to Thanksgiving falling on Thursday, cutoff will be on a Wednesday (11/26/2008) so please be prepared and adjust your schedules accordingly.

A Quick Thank you

A quick thank you to all of those that we met and talked to at AHHC's Wilmington show. It was a pleasure to talk to all and hope to see you again in Durham.

New 2009 NC Medicaid Check Write Schedule

2009 Checkwrite Schedule

Please refer to the following table for the 2009 Checkwrite Schedule.

Month	Electronic Cut-Off Date	Checkwrite Date
January	1/8/09	1/13/09
	1/15/09	1/21/09
	1/22/09	1/29/09
	1/29/09	2/3/09
February	2/5/09	2/10/09
	2/12/09	2/18/09
	2/19/09	2/26/09
	2/26/09	3/3/09
March	3/5/09	3/10/09
	3/12/09	3/17/09
	3/19/09	3/26/09
April	4/2/09	4/7/09
	4/9/09	4/14/09
	4/16/09	4/23/09
	4/30/09	5/5/09
May	5/7/09	5/12/09
	5/14/09	5/19/09
	5/21/09	5/28/09
June	6/4/09	6/9/09
	6/11/09	6/16/09
	6/18/09	6/25/09
July	7/2/09	7/7/09
	7/9/09	7/14/09
	7/16/09	7/23/09
	7/30/09	8/4/09
August	8/6/09	8/11/09
	8/13/09	8/18/09
	8/20/09	8/27/09
September	9/3/09	9/9/09
	9/10/09	9/15/09
	9/17/09	9/24/09
October	10/1/09	10/6/09
	10/8/09	10/14/09
	10/15/09	10/20/09
	10/22/09	10/29/09
	10/29/09	11/3/09
November	11/5/09	11/10/09
	11/12/09	11/19/09
	11/25/09	12/1/09
December	12/3/09	12/8/09
	12/10/09	12/15/09
	12/17/09	12/23/09

Rate Freeze for reimbursed rates

As many of you may now know, DMA has a rate freeze on through June 1 2009. This will impact personal care - community and adult care home and all CAP programs.

New Personal Care Services/PCS-Plus Orientation for Registered Nurses

In October 2008, DMA began holding combined Personal Care Services (PCS)/PCS-Plus training sessions in their office in Raleigh. The purpose of the sessions is to provide a policy orientation for registered nurses (RNs) who are new to the PCS program and who conduct PCS and/or PCS-Plus assessments of Medicaid recipients. The training for novice PCS nurses includes a review of the policy guidelines for both the PCS and PCS-Plus programs. Attendees learn the proper way to conduct and document a PCS assessment and re-assessment and the Activities of Daily Living scoring process as well as how to develop a PCS plan of care based on needs using the time and task guidance. Quality assurance/utilization review (QA/UR) issues in PCS and how to develop a corrective action plan before and after a state QA/UR review are also addressed.

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