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Report from Helene: R.W. “Chip” Watkins, MD, Senior Medical Director, CCNC
As reports from Western North Carolina continue to come in, we’re all shocked by the level of damage and committed to doing what we can to help CCPN practices recover
Did you know that CCNC works closely with Departments of Social Services across North Carolina? Our teams understand the special needs of youth and children in foster care. We assess the whole person to identify health-related needs and coordinate needed services across counties and placement settings.
CCNC announces the hiring of Diana Amedy, RN, BSN, MHA, as Director of Clinical Product Design. She will develop decision support tools to aid providers in driving quality, improving health outcomes, and reducing cost of care.
A recent care management scenario shows the value of CCNC to members and CCPN practices.
Did you know that CCNC works closely with Departments of Social Services across North Carolina? Our teams understand the special needs of youth and children in foster care. We assess the whole person to identify health related needs and coordinate needed services across counties and placement settings.
The latest issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal includes an article co-written by Lydia Newman, Stan Taylor, Denise Levis-Hewson and Dr. Tom Wroth.
The article, entitled “Is Primary Care Adapting to Medicaid Managed Care in North Carolina? Implications for Expansion and Future Managed Care Transitions,” details the need to strengthen the state’s primary care infrastructure by such initiatives as building upon the value-based care incentives in the Advanced Medical Home…
Every day, CCNC Call Center and Care Management staff work closely with patients, managing hospital discharges, unraveling medication challenges and connecting health plan members to needed services in their community.
A new collaboration between Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina (FFA-NC) and Community Care of North Carolina, Inc. (CCNC) aims to expand care for NC children and youth in foster care
A new collaboration between Methodist Home for Children (MHC) and Community Care of North Carolina, Inc. (CCNC) aims to expand care for NC children and youth in foster care
A newly published data brief by CCNC finds significant racial disparities in childhood vaccine completion rates and adult chronic diseases among minority populations served by CCPN practices. These results suggest the need for innovative and organizational approaches to achieve health equity.
A multi-disciplinary approach to delivering behavioral healthcare is gaining traction in our state, say mental health experts. In the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), primary care providers, care managers, and psychiatric consultants work together to provide care and monitor patients' progress.
The approach is gathering momentum through support and integration from the NC Medicaid program, Community Care of North Carolina, the NC Psychiatric Association, NCAHEC, primary…
This research focuses on building a high-performing primary care infrastructure in NC through aligned efforts across the state. The article describes the shifting primary care landscape, current workforce initiatives, and policy options for achieving this goal.
CCNC's EVP & Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Carlos Jackson, PhD, recently co-authored the results of a study published in a peer reviewed journal on multimorbidity rates among people of color despite being a healthy weight. These results are significant as they demonstrate the need for newer strategies and interventions to help people of color maintain optimal health.
Publicly available, free data dashboard provides insights and visualizations of neighborhood level social determinants of health data across housing, education, public health, economic opportunity and more
CCNC's EVP & Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Carlos Jackson, PHD, recently co-authored the results of an evaluation in a peer-reviewed journal that found pregnancy care management to be associated with substantial reductions in poor birth outcomes for both black and white pregnant women. These results are significant as they demonstrate the tremendous value of care coordination and management for improving birth outcomes and reducing racial disparities for very high risk pregnancies.
On the partnership with UpStream Healthcare, CCPN Co-president Conrad L. Flick, MD said: “CCPN physicians will be better resourced to provide effective care to medically complex seniors.”
An article written by Tom Wroth, MD, president and CEO of CCNC, was published in the May/June 2021 issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal (NCMJ). The article focuses on how NC strengthened its health information technology capabilities and rapidly evolved in areas such as telehealth.