Workers’ Compensation Forms
The NC Industrial Commission has changed
or modified some of their workers’ compensation forms. Specifically, changes have been made to Form
18. A blank Form 18 should be given to
every injured employee when a Form 19 has been completed.
Please
visit http://www.ic.nc.gov/forms.html and download this
form so you can begin utilizing, effective today.
Effective
3/20/2018, NCIC adopted 9 permanent rules for utilization of opioids, related
medications and pain management treatment in WC claims. The rules are moving through a series of rule
protocols and it is possible that the rules may become effective May 2018. These rules will not affect the work you do as
Workers’ Comp Administrators (WCAs); but, I wanted to make you aware that once
rules become effective, injured workers will not have the same access to
certain opioid drugs as in the past.
For
questions, contact, EB Townsend at 919-807-3522 or email at eileen.townsend@dpi.nc.gov
Migration of AS400 to SAS (LEAs only)
DPI is migrating our AS400 to SAS. The scheduled dates for the move are April 5 -
8, 2018. We anticipate being up at SAS
on Monday, April 9. As a result, BUD
will not be available as of April 4 at midnight through April 8. All BUD batches sent by April 4 at 11:59 PM
will be processed on April 5, as normal, and communications will be sent in the
afternoon.
Please note the following for Sartox, LINQ and BAAS:
- For Sartox LEAs only, the new
BUD software release must be installed before BUD batches can be
sent to or communication forms received from DPI. The release can be installed beginning
Friday afternoon, April 6. DPI will
be sending the release and instructions on April 6. The installation instructions will be
sent to the finance officers.
- LINQ LEAs no longer use BUD on
the AS400. However, since BUD
batches are not being processed on Friday, April 6, communication forms
will not be sent at all for this date.
- BAAS processing: Budgets and amendments will be received
on the morning of April 5. There
will be no further BAAS processing until the DPI AS400 is up at SAS on
April 9.
Reminder
- Medicaid Administrative Claiming Program Participation Agreements (LEAs only)
Signed LEA MAC
participation agreements are to be returned to DPI on or before Friday, April
27, 2018.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMMS) recently approved a revised Interagency Agreement between the
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Medical
Assistance (“DMA”) and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
(“DPI”). The Interagency Agreement was revised to adjust the role of DPI as the
MAC Coordinator and to increase the accountable role of the respective
individual Local Education Agencies (LEA) and any applicable LEA consortium.
The revised Agreement will go into effect April 1, 2018. The Interagency
Agreement stipulates that DPI will ensure that all Local Education Agencies
(LEAs) enrolled as Medicaid providers and participating in LEA Medicaid
Administrative Claiming (MAC) have a current written participation agreement.
For LEAs participating in the Cumberland County Consortium, the participation
agreement shall be between DPI and the Cumberland County Board of Education, on
behalf of the consortium, with the participating LEAs contracting directly with
the Consortium. For all other LEAs, the participation agreement shall be
between DPI and the LEA County Board of Education.
DPI revised the existing LEA participation
agreements to align with new Interagency Agreement and sent individual
participation agreements to the applicable Superintendent, Finance Officer and
Exceptional Children Director. The due date for submission of the participation
agreement signed by the Superintendent and local Board of Education
Chairperson, is Friday, April 27, 2018.
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Weekly
Finance Webinar Canceled for Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Due to staff absences on Tuesday, April 3,
2018, next week’s webinar has been canceled.
We will return to our regular scheduled webinar on Tuesday, April 10,
2018.
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