A Message from NCTracks on Behalf of NC Medicaid NC Medicaid COVID-19 Updates

Feb. 12, 2021 COVID-19 Stakeholder Updates

Provider Update is a regular communication to Medicaid and NC Health Choice providers to share statewide COVID-19 announcements and information. Please look for future updates to arrive through NCTracks.

PRESS RELEASES since the last update include:

• County Demographic Data for Vaccines Administered Now Available on North Carolina Vaccine Data Dashboard
• North Carolina Sees Dramatic Drop in Spread of Flu, Other Respiratory Illnesses Thanks to Preventative Practices to Slow Spread of COVID-19
• More than 10,000 North Carolinians Have Died of COVID-19
• Gov. Cooper Outlines Timeline on Group 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization
• Food and Nutrition Services Participants Can Now Use Benefits for Online Purchases From Food Lion Through Instacart

NEW resources since the last update include:

• Updated Vaccine 101 Deck
• NEW Vaccines Communications toolkit in Spanish
• Updated Deeper Dive Group 3
• Updated Spanish Vaccine 101 Deck / Post Card and a new simple bilingual flyer
• Updated FAQs for Executive Orders 171, 184 and 191
• NEW Moving to Group 3 in English and Spanish

UPDATED guidance since the last update include:

• NEW Safe Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfection in Child Care Facilities
• Updated Vaccine FAQs (and Spanish version)
• NEW COVID-19 Contact Tracing Procedures for K-12 Schools
• Updated North Carolina Division of Public Health SARS-CoV-2 Variant Guidance
• NEW NCDHHS Best Practices for Infection Prevention in LTCFs

UPDATED reports since the last update include:

• County Alert System
• Vaccinations Dashboard
• COVID-19 Clusters in North Carolina Report
• Outbreaks and Clusters Reports
• Patients Presumed to be Recovered Report
• Risk Factors for Severe Illness Report
• CLI Surveillance Report

NEW EVENTS ADDED to the community testing events page

UPDATED Contact Tracing numbers