Difference between revisions of "The Durham Center"

Latest revision as of 19:37, 9 March 2013

About

The Durham Center should not be confused with Durham Centre, a large modern office building in downtown Durham, NC.

The Durham Center (TDC) is a local management entity (LME) for mental health services in Durham, NC. According to their web site, "The Durham Center is responsible for ensuring that Durham County citizens who seek help for mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse receive the services and supports for which they are eligible to achieve their goals and to live as independently as possible."

2013-03-09 update: It's not completely clear, but this notice would seem to indicate that TDC will no longer be the LME for Durham, and that the Durham's LME will now be something called Alliance Center, which will be the LME for Durham, Cumberland, Johnston and Wake counties.

Utilization Management

As of 2010-09-20, the utilization management[W] (UM) service for the Durham LME has been reclaimed by The Durham Center itself, and is now being provided in-house. There are apparently only a handful of LMEs in NC which are able to provide their own UM service, and reclaiming the service after allowing it to be farmed out to ValueOptions is apparently a first.

This had been planned for some time, but there were repeated delays. The 2008 financial meltdown and subsequent recession may have contributed somewhat, although apparently much of the delay was due to the need for IT support (mainly software) within TDC, rather than bureaucracy or budget cuts.

As of	the changeover was going to happen
early 2009?	July 2009
November 2009	April 2010
March 2010	July 2010
April 2010	September 2010

(It finally occurred on 2010-09-20.)

Subpages

/providers serving TDC's area

Forms

Non-Medicaid Service Complaint Form

Links

official

official web site
- Full Staff Listing includes email addresses
- Staff Listing by Need includes email addresses

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-==Navigation==
+<hide>
-{{#lst:Durham, NC|navbar}}: [[The Durham Center]]
+[[page type::article]]
-==Overview==
+[[thing type::organization]]
-[[category:US.NC.Durham]][[The Durham Center]] (TDC) is a [[local management entity]] (LME) for mental health services in [[Durham, NC]]. According to their web site, "The Durham Center is responsible for ensuring that {{instate|Durham County|NC}} citizens who seek help for mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse receive the services and supports for which they are eligible to achieve their goals and to live as independently as possible."
+[[thing type::local management entity]]
+[[category:US/NC/Durham]]
+</hide>
+==About==
+''[[The Durham Center]] should not be confused with [[Durham Centre]], a large modern office building in downtown [[Durham, NC]].''
-Providers serving TDC's area:
+[[The Durham Center]] (TDC) is a [[local management entity]] (LME) for mental health services in [[Durham, NC]]. According to their web site, "The Durham Center is responsible for ensuring that {{instate|Durham County|NC}} citizens who seek help for mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse receive the services and supports for which they are eligible to achieve their goals and to live as independently as possible."
+'''2013-03-09 update''': It's not completely clear, but [[:File:2013-03-09 NCHC notice p2.png|this notice]] would seem to indicate that TDC will no longer be the LME for Durham, and that the Durham's LME will now be something called [[Alliance Center]], which will be the LME for [[Durham County, NC|Durham]], [[Cumberland County, NC|Cumberland]], [[Johnston County, NC|Johnston]] and [[Wake County, NC|Wake]] counties.
+===Utilization Management===
+As of {{date|2010-09-20}}, the {{wpalt|utilization management}} (UM) service for the Durham LME has been reclaimed by The Durham Center itself, and is now being provided in-house. There are apparently only a handful of LMEs in NC which are able to provide their own UM service, and ''reclaiming'' the service after allowing it to be farmed out to [[ValueOptions]] is apparently a first.
+This had been planned for some time, but there were repeated delays. The [[issuepedia:2008 financial meltdown|2008 financial meltdown]] and subsequent recession may have contributed somewhat, although apparently much of the delay was due to the need for IT support (mainly [[creating software|software]]) within TDC, rather than bureaucracy or budget cuts.
 {|
 |-
-! Provider Name
+! As of || the changeover was going to happen
-! Notes
-! Services
-|-
-| [[Arc of NC]] || very large || [[case management|CM]]
 |-
-| [[Alternative Life Programs, Inc.]] || female only || RS
+| early 2009? || July 2009
 |-
-| [[Annas Resources]] || small; [[Chapel Hill, NC|CH]] || CM, [[developmental therapy|DT]]
+| November 2009 || April 2010
 |-
-| [[Autism Services (NC)|Autism Services]] || || DT
+| March 2010 || July 2010
 |-
-| [[Caring Hands and Enrichment Education]] || || DT
+| April 2010 || September 2010
-|-
-| [[Community Partnerships]] (CPI) || mid-sized || CM
-|-
-| [[Coordinated Health Services, Inc.]] || || CM
-|-
-| Healthcore (?) || || CM
-|-
-| [[Keston Care]] || || DT
-|-
-| [[Matchbox Health Services]] || very small || CM
-|-
-| [[Maxim Healthcare]] || || DT
 |}
+(It finally occurred on 2010-09-20.)
-'''CM''' = [[case management]] | '''DT''' = [[developmental therapy]] | '''RS''' = residential situation
+===Subpages===
-===same name===
+* [[/providers]] serving TDC's area
-[[The Durham Center]] should not be confused with [[Durham Centre]], a large modern office building in downtown [[Durham, NC]].
 ==Forms==
 * [[:Image:2008-04-26 Durham Center non-medicaid complaint form.adj.png|Non-Medicaid Service Complaint Form]]
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 ===official===
 * [http://www.durhamcenter.org/ official web site]
+** [http://www.durhamcenter.org/index.php/citizen/about/staff_list Full Staff Listing] includes email addresses
+** [http://www.durhamcenter.org/index.php/citizen/about/staff_by_need Staff Listing by Need] includes email addresses