Announcements
Announcements related to acute care facilities and home care facilities are posted as they are received.
- Recall: Kansas Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination
- Recall: Arkansas Firm Recalls Ground Turkey Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
- Recall: Jensen Farms Recalls Cantaloupe Due to Possible Health Risk
- Recall: Medtronic Model 8637 SynchroMed II Implantable Infusion Pump: Class I Recall - Potential for Reduced Battery Performance
- Recall: Arkansas Firm Recalls Ground Turkey Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
- Recall: Kansas Slaughter Firm Recalls Ground Beef Due to Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Adulteration
- July 1, 2011: The division will not issue any licenses for new home care agencies that intend to offer in-home aide services for a period of three years.
- July 21, 2010: Licensed Home Care Agencies participating in the Medicaid Personal Care Services (PCS) Program (PDF, 64 KB)
- July 12, 2010: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has created a poster (PDF, 2.0 MB) asking citizens to report Medicaid fraud and abuse. In a memo (PDF, 75 KB) dated June 4, 2010, DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler asked all health care agencies and private health care providers to print and prominently display the poster in their offices. The Division of Medical Assistance has additional information on reporting provider fraud and abuse.
- In-Home Companion, Sitter, and Respite Care Services or Homemaker Services
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Advisory (PDF, 93 KB)
- January 14, 2009: Accepting Applications for In-home Aide Services
- December 11, 2007: Clarification of home care licensing rules pertaining to using telephonic record keeping (PDF, 43 KB)
- October 1, 2007: HB1294, "An Act to Prohibit Smoking Inside Long-Term Care Facilities"
- June 27, 2007: The division will not issue any licenses for new home care agencies that intend to offer in-home aide services through 2008, Senate Bill 748 (PDF, 11 KB)
- January 26, 2007: Joint Position Statement on Nursing Work Environments (PDF, 215 KB)
