Collaborative Care Management Capacity Building Fund Award Program

The NC General Assembly has earmarked $5 million for capacity building for Medicaid-enrolled primary care practices across the state to adopt Collaborative Care Management (CoCM). The NCDHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services (DMHDDSUS) is contracting with CCNC to manage the program in partnership with NC AHEC’s Practice Support coaching.

The Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) is an evidence-based behavioral health integration model developed to assist primary care clinicians in assessing and treating patients with mild to moderate behavioral health conditions. Proven to be more effective than standard care, CoCM enhances patient outcomes, boosts satisfaction for both patients and providers, and reduces healthcare costs. By fostering a supportive approach to mental health and substance use treatment, CoCM also helps diminish the stigma surrounding these issues.

The capacity building fund has a maximum award of $50,000 per practice. A primary care practice entity applying on behalf of multiple primary care practice sites may receive a maximum of three awards per entity (covering a maximum of 9 sites). Each clinic site may be eligible to receive awards of $50,000 to begin a CoCM model in-house. Additionally, $30,000 is available for practices to expand an existing in-house CoCM model and $20,000 is available to practice sites meeting Phase 1 eligibility, but planning to outsource staffing to a third-party, turn-key company.

Hurricane Helene note: we are keenly aware that some practices in Western North Carolina are still recovering from the storm and may find it difficult to apply for funds at this time. Efforts will be made to ensure that practices impacted by the hurricane will still have an opportunity to apply for inclusion in the program.

For more information about the program and apply for a funding reward, please see CCNC’s website.