mecklink

MeckLINK Passes Penultimate Preparedness Test

Ben Bradford — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:55:00 +0000

State Gives MeckLINK Another Chance

Ben Bradford — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:17:05 +0000

Mecklenburg County will have another chance to prove it’s ready to take over more than $200 million in Medicaid funds for mental health services.

Mecklenburg Will Sue State Over MeckLINK

Ben Bradford — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:17:01 +0000

Mecklenburg County will continue its fight to reinstate its mental health service agency, MeckLINK, as the overseer of hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds. In a last ditch effort, county commissioners unanimously voted to take their case to court.

State Denies MeckLINK's Reinstatement

Ben Bradford — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:21:17 +0000

The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has denied Mecklenburg County’s request to reinstate MeckLINK as the area’s manager of hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds.

Despite Decision, MeckLINK Proceeds As Normal

Ben Bradford — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:21:05 +0000

Mecklenburg County officials learned last week they will not get hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds to administer mental health, disability, and substance abuse services. But, the county is proceeding as if will get the money, anyway, despite the state’s decision to reassign those funds to an outside organization.

Warnings Aplenty That MeckLINK Unprepared

Ben Bradford — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:51:46 +0000

Mecklenburg County Commissioners are shocked and livid that the state has removed hundreds of millions of dollars of Medicaid funds from MeckLINK, the county’s mental health service agency. Commissioners are pointing fingers and leveling accusations at the state, but the decision had been a long-time in the making.