2014-206 Health - NC Dept. of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health - FY 2015 Consolidated Agreement

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Consolidated Agreement FY15 Page 13 of 28 8. The State shall act as the principal liaison between the public health system and the State's Medicaid agency on issues related to Medicaid reimbursed services provided by the State and the Department and shall cooperate with the State Medicaid agency to provide technical assistance, guidance, and consultation to local health programs to ensure compliance with Medicaid policies and procedures. 9. The State shall design and implement annual cost studies to ensure appropriate cost-based Medicaid reimbursement. 10. The State shall work with the North Carolina Division of Information Resource Management to provide automated systems and facilities via the Health Information System(HIS). HIS is currently used to create and submit Medicaid claims, perform accounts receivables, and to collect other DPH program-related data from client, service, encounter and other data on behalf of the local health departments and other public health programs. The State shall provide business and technical support for the automated systems to the users of this system. 11. The State,shall provide support and consultation to ensure that the Health Information System(HIS) can generate standard transactions for public health Medicaid claims and for public health claims to all insurers submitted on behalf of the Department per HIPAA [the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-91) subparts I through N, which define the standards for specific transactions.] 12. The State shall responsibly use data reviewed and received in its role as a public health authority and health oversight agency while respecting the confidentiality and integrity of the data and securing and protecting the privacy of individual client health information(see Business Associate Addendum to this Consolidated Agreement) 13. The State shall provide to the Department"Budgetary Estimates of Funding Allocations"no later than February 14 of each year to use in preparation of their local budget proposals per current General Statute. An exception is the Food&Lodging distributions required by G.S. 130A-248(d). The State shall provide the Food&Lodging funding allocation on the Distribution Spreadsheet which will accompany the Food& Lodging Agreement Addendum. 14. The Food &Lodging Local Health Department Request for Payment Form(DPH EH 2948) will accompany the Agreement Addendum and will be provided to the Department no later than March 30 for the State Fiscal Year in which payment will be made. The State shall disperse Food & Lodging funds to the Department upon receipt of the executed Agreement Addendum and the signed, completed, and approved Food &Lodging Local Health Department Request for Payment Form. 15. The State shall provide a"Funding Authorization"to the Department after the receipt of the Certified State Budget. If funds are restricted through quarterly allotments, the initial Funding Authorization will only include one-quarter of the annual amount for each specific activity involving State funds. 16. The State shall provide funds to the Department upon receipt of this executed Agreement, the executed Agreement Addenda, and timely submissions of Expenditure Reports. Payment will be made to the Department according to the DHHS Controller's Office E-Payment Schedule issued November or December of each year for the following calendar year. 17. The State shall assist the Department to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and standards relating to the activities covered in this Agreement.