From WBTV.com (Charlotte, NC) 3.21.12

Attorney General Roy Cooper will visit South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte to kick off a statewide contest to fight prescription drug abuse on Wednesday.

Cooper is partnering with the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists, and the Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse to sponsor a statewide student video competition to help educate young people about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.  Prescription drugs are the second most abused drug among young people ages 12-17.

Cooper will talk to students about the contest and the dangers of prescription drug abuse and misuse.  Also speaking to the students will be a former prescription drug addict, a man who lost two nephews to prescription drug overdose, and an SBI agent who investigates prescription drug crimes.

The kick off started in the auditorium of South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, located at 8900 Park Road.

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Special Medicaid Bulletin on the b/c waiver expansion.  Topics include:

• Enrollment Standardization
• PCP enrollment and billing
• WHN claims payment guidance

Click HERE to download the bulletin.

Special Medicaid bulletin on the b/c expansion.  It covers enrollment standardization, PCP enrollment & billing, and WHN claims payment guidance among other topics. 

The Medical Care Advisory Committee (advisory to DHHS Sect and DMA) meets this Friday, March 16 from 9am-12pm at the McKimmon Center on the NC State Campus in Raleigh ( NCSU McKimmon Conference and Training Center 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, 27695, 919-515-2277)

There is usually public comment at the end of the meeting.

The Local Management Entity Governance Subcommittee will meet Monday, March 12 from 2-5pm in Room 544 of the Legislative Office Building.

On the Agenda:

Preliminary Summary of Recommendation on Board: Size, Member Terms, Member Training, Member Attendance, Composition, Appointments, Meetings per Year

Discussion of Potential Barrier: LME Formation and Dissolution, Responsibility for MH-DD-SA Services, Powers of the LME/MCO

Download the complete agenda HERE:  LME Governance Subcommittee March Meeting Agenda [19.4 KiB]

If you can’t attend the meeting, you can listen live HERE (click on Finance Committee Room 544), OR you can follow live tweets from the meeting @NCSAPACTION.