November 2, 2009

North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services Implementation Update #63: Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency

Critical access behavioral health care agencies are a new provider organization category developed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and the Division of Medical Assistance. The goal is to move the state's mental health and substance abuse treatment service system toward a more clinically directed continuum of services. The document describes how provider agencies can start the certification process to become a critical access behavioral health care agency.