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[[category:companies]][[ValueOptions]] (VO) is the company which denies the funding for whatever mental health service you might happen to vitally need at the moment. They are sort of like corporate Norns, apparently with only one computer and one phone between them which they are constantly fighting over.
[[category:companies]][[ValueOptions]] (VO) is the company which denies the funding for whatever mental health service you might happen to vitally need at the moment. They are sort of like corporate Norns, apparently with only one computer and one phone between them which they are constantly fighting over.


From VO's web page for [http://www.valueoptions.com/providers/Network/North_Carolina_Medicaid.htm NC Medicaid]: "ValueOptions provides utilization review for all residential services regardless of bed size for individuals under 21 years of age. .. A [http://www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/pcp.htm Person-Centered Plan] is required for all residential services."
From VO's web page for [http://www.valueoptions.com/providers/Network/North_Carolina_Medicaid.htm NC Medicaid]: "ValueOptions provides [[wikipedia:utilization management|utilization review]] for all residential services regardless of bed size for individuals under 21 years of age. .. A [http://www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/pcp.htm Person-Centered Plan] is required for all residential services."


Reports through backchannels indicate that [[The Durham Center]] is already planning to get rid of them (and bring this "service" back in-house), but the [[issuepedia:2008 financial meltdown|2008 financial meltdown]] and subsequent recession have pushed this off <s>to April 2010 (as of November 2009; was originally planned for this past July).</s> repeatedly:
[[The Durham Center]] brought [[wikipedia:utilization management|this "service"]] back in-house on September 20, 2010, but according to the rules (state law, presumably) VO still handles approval for reauthorization of services which it originally approved -- so funding Josh's stay at [[The Hughes Center]], for example, will be handled by VO until he is discharged.
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! As of || the changeover was going to happen
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| early 2009? || July 2009
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| November 2009 || April 2010
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| March 2010 || July 2010
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| April 2010 || September 2010
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There is more at {{htyp}}.
There is more at {{htyp}}.

Revision as of 16:14, 25 November 2010

About

ValueOptions (VO) is the company which denies the funding for whatever mental health service you might happen to vitally need at the moment. They are sort of like corporate Norns, apparently with only one computer and one phone between them which they are constantly fighting over.

From VO's web page for NC Medicaid: "ValueOptions provides utilization review for all residential services regardless of bed size for individuals under 21 years of age. .. A Person-Centered Plan is required for all residential services."

The Durham Center brought this "service" back in-house on September 20, 2010, but according to the rules (state law, presumably) VO still handles approval for reauthorization of services which it originally approved -- so funding Josh's stay at The Hughes Center, for example, will be handled by VO until he is discharged.

There is more at HTYP.

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Notes

  • 2010-04-05 tried to log in just now, and it says "invalid account/password". Does this mean that they expire accounts after less than 6 months of disuse?