Policy Committees and Workgroups

Develop the long-term NCHA strategy on behavioral health reform and advise on federal and state regulatory and legislative actions. Areas of focus include oversight of all behavioral health subgroups, monthly meetings with the Division of Mental Health to review items pressing to hospitals, BH SCAN implementation, and allocation of the NCGA investments in behavioral health.

• Involuntary Commitment Reform Workgroup: Collective action to improve the involuntary commitment process for patients and providers. Areas of focus include design and implementation of the Non-Law Enforcement Transportation Pilot (NLET).
• Three-Way Bed Workgroup: Provide recommendations on improvements to the state’s three-way bed program, a reimbursement program for hospitals who serve uninsured patients who require an inpatient psychiatric stay. Areas of focus include contract amendments, rate increases, and how the program is structured and administered by the state and Tailored Plans.
• Youth DSS Boarding Workgroup: Address the growing concern with youth boarding, particularly for DSS custody youth, and develop actions to alleviate the drivers of ED boarding. Areas of focus include legislative changes to SB 693, relationship building with DSS directors and county commissioners for common agenda, and future advocacy for newly deployed Child and Families Specialty Plan. 

Develop and support actions to address patient delays in post-acute dispositions. Areas of focus include member data collection on excess days by disposition and payor, home health electronic visit verification (EVV), and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) placements.

Comprised of member representatives with rehabilitation facilities, engage in peer-to-peer information sharing and advising on best practices for rehabilitation facilities to include regulatory and legislative issues as necessary. NCHA is an invited guest.