Allow Independent Mental Health professionals in a non-agency setting bill Medicaid directly without going through the Medicaid Waiver, or LME.
Why is this important?
This is a petition to allow formally direct enrolled mental health providers such as Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Professional Counselors, and Psychiatrists, the ability to return to being direct enrolled providers for North Carolina Medicaid. As of now, due to the level of regulation, a growing number of these providers have stopped or are considering rescinding their contract to provide much needed services to Medicaid recipients. The Waiver program was not designed to inhibit service provision of these providers, but to manage case management and community care in order to prevent fraud. Ultimately, Medicaid patients unfairly suffer.
