Eastern Area Health Education Center

Care for Your Practice with Our Support Services in Greenville, NC

In this time of great transition in health care, practices need to position themselves for new payment models, incentive programs, and other health care reforms with continued focus on patient-centered care.  While you likely want to pursue one or more proven, practice-based strategies to improve care, demands on your time and energy are increasing exponentially.

Eastern AHEC is currently able to provide these direct, individualized and on-site services at no cost.  Eastern Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Practice Support Services team assists eligible providers and practices throughout Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne

Services available to primary and specialty care practices with one or more eligible providers include, but are not limited to:

 

Support for Transitioning to Medicaid Managed Care

Eastern AHEC is pleased to announce that NC AHEC has partnered with the NC Department of Health and Human Services and Division of Health Benefits to help transition healthcare providers to Medicaid Managed Care.  Eastern AHEC is providing on-site comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care education and assistance to healthcare clinicians across Eastern North Carolina.
To access our services, contact 252.744.5221 or via email at MOOREAN@ECU.EDU.  More information and resources are also available via the NC Medicaid website for clinicians.
In addition, we invite you to take advantage of the Medicaid Managed Care Webinar Series for Providers.

Medicaid Managed Care Webinar Series for Providers

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Benefits and North Carolina AHEC are offering evening webinar series to help prepare providers, practice managers, and quality managers for Medicaid Managed Care going live on July 1, 2021.

Hosted by Shannon Dowler, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the NC Division of Health Benefits, the series will feature changing subtopics on Medicaid Managed Care on the first Thursday of each month, Advanced Medical Homes on the second Thursday of each month, and clinical quality on the third Thursday of each month through June 2021. Topics will be listed as they become available.
Medicaid Managed Care Webinar Series for Providers | NC AHEC

 

Eastern AHEC Practice Support Services

Working in conjunction with the North Carolina Area Health Education Center (AHEC), our Practice Support team offers a range of services – free of charge – to help your practice navigate changing federal and state healthcare regulations and better position yourself for meeting your goals.  Since 2010, we have helped hundreds of practices achieve higher quality outcomes; improve patient satisfaction; and create a more productive and profitable environment. Our team proudly serves the six-county southeastern region of North Carolina including:
  • Beaufort
  • Bertie
  • Camden
  • Carteret
  • Chowan
  • Craven
  • Currituck
  • Dare
  • Gates
  • Greene
  • Hertford
  • Hyde
  • Jones
  • Lenoir
  • Martin
  • Onslow
  • Pamlico
  • Pasquotank
  • Perquimans
  • Pitt
  • Tyrrell
  • Washington
  • Wayne

In addition to these 23 counties, Eastern AHEC collaborates with Area L AHEC to provide Mental Health Continuing Professional Development for Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and Wilson counties.