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North Carolina's 2.36 million Medicaid recipients are in for a big change next July, when the state's Medicaid system will be transformed into a managed care program run by private health companies. Right now only behavioral and mental health care is managed by companies like Cardinal Innovations Healthcare. Controversy over Cardinal Innovations could raise questions about whether North Carolina will be ready to embark on transformation.
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Cardinal Innovations Healthcare coordinates behavioral health care for Medicaid recipients in 20 North Carolina counties. On Tuesday, at least five of those counties -- Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, Stanly and Orange -- were planning to or were in the process of cutting ties with the company.
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Mecklenburg County is preparing to cut ties with Cardinal Innovations Healthcare. Leaders in Union and Cabarrus counties ended their relationships with the company last month.
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Mecklenburg County is preparing to cut ties with Cardinal Health Innovations, the company that coordinates behavioral health care for the county’s Medicaid recipients.
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Cardinal Innovations Healthcare has until Nov. 9 to respond to accusations of poor service from leaders in Mecklenburg and Forsyth counties.
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Union and Cabarrus counties are exploring changing mental health management organizations ahead of a critical deadline. Others may follow suit.
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Cardinal Innovations Healthcare executives defended themselves before Mecklenburg County commissioners Tuesday following accusations that the managed care…
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Mecklenburg County commissioners are set to meet Tuesday with representatives from Cardinal Innovations Healthcare less than a month after commissioners…
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When it comes to serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome, there are the haves and have nots. The…
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The ousted Cardinal Innovations Healthcare CEO filed another lawsuit accusing a lawyer who investigated him of libel and slander. Richard Topping is suing…