Program Overview

Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) (formerly known as Access II and III) is building community health networks organized and operated by community physicians, hospitals, health departments, and departments of social services. Community Care of Wake and Johnston Counties (CCWJC) is one of the 14 Community Care of North Carolina networks across the state. CCWJC focuses on population management for medically high cost and high risk Medicaid patients. Disease Specific Initiatives promote adherence to best practice guidelines for chronic diseases. Pharmacy Initiatives promote cost effective prescribing of medicines, patient adherence to medicines, and patient safety. Access to Primary Care Initiatives promote access to primary care and seek to limit non-emergent use of Emergency Departments. Case Management Services provide direct case management services to high risk, high cost patients and support to primary care practices.

Announcements:

  • In an effort to increase transparency and openness in the process of developing rules and procedures for Medicaid’s Preferred Drug List (PDL), the Department of Health and Human Services has established a Medicaid PDL Review Panel. The Panel will conduct open meetings to discuss the recommended policies and procedures related to the Medicaid Preferred Drug List and the public comments that were received during the comment period.  The first open meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 from 10:00am – 12:00pm at the McKimmon Center, NC State University, 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC  27695.

 

  • BE OUR VOICE: MOBILIZING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AS COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD OBESITY is a program of NICHQ, AAP, the California Medical Association Foundation, and the Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity with the goal of training healthcare professionals to become advocates and change agents within their community to help reverse the trend of the childhood obesity epidemic.  Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) and CCWJC have partnered to bring the program to Wake and Johnston Counties.  There will be two training opportunities.
    • Saturday, September from 18th 8:30-3:00.    FREE CME (6.5 hrs) one-day skills-building workshop.  Participants will identify and plan for concrete avenues for advocacy. 
    • Wednesday, October 6th at WMC Andrews Center from 6pm-8:30pm.  FREE CME (2.5 hrs) evening event that will be a shortened version of the day-long event.

      For more information on this event or to register email bjames@wakedocs.org
  • ASTHMA FORUM FOR NURSES -  November 2nd at the WMC Andrews Center from 8:30-3:00 FREE CNE (7)

    Presented by the Wake County Asthma Coalition.  This knowledge based educational activity is designed to provide nurses with the most current asthma education as well as, “best practice” protocols for the care and management of asthma patients. The event will include opportunity to practice skills learned and provide tools to take back to your areas of practice.

    For more information on these events or to register email bjames@wakedocs.org