Provider Update: NCDHHS COVID-19

“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

• RTI Intl; NCDHHS: “Clean Water for Carolina Kids” Program Wins Harvard’s Roy Award for Environmental Partnership; Work protects North Carolina’s children from dangerous lead exposure 
• NCDHHS: NCDHHS Developing ‘SlowCOVIDNC’ Exposure Notification App; Expected to Launch Statewide in September
• Governor Cooper: Governor Cooper Encourages Continued Safety Measures for the Labor Day Weekend
• NCDHHS: NCDHHS Reports Technical Issues with Hospitalization Data; Numbers on Dashboard Incomplete
• Governor Cooper: NCDHHS Launches New Public Campaign, Urging North Carolinians to “Get Behind the Mask” English | Spanish
• Governor Cooper: North Carolina Launches No-Cost COVID-19 Testing Program for Uninsured North Carolinians 

GUIDANCE

• NCDHHS Interim Guidance for Child Care Settings (updated)
• NCDHHS Guidance for Institutes of Higher Education (updated)
• NCDHHS Interim Guidance for Off-Campus Shared Housing Settings Specific to Institutions of Higher Education English | Spanish (new)
• Higher Ed guidance, Indoor Gyms and Museums/Aquariums guidance (updated in Spanish)
• Long Term Toolkit for LHDs guidance (updated)
• Public Health K-12 School Toolkit and the K-12 PPE Guidance (updated)

REPORTS

• Patients Presumed to be Recovered (updated)
• Outbreaks and Clusters (updated)
• Risk Factors for Severe Illness from COVID-19 (updated)
• CLI Surveillance (updated)

RESOURCES

• “Whatever Your Reason” campaign English | Spanish (new)
• What Phase 2.5 Means for North Carolina English | Spanish (updated)
• Phases social graphics (updated)