• Read more about Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Trainings and Forums

The federal deadline to implement the EVV requirements for Home Health providers delivering services under Section 40 and Hospice providers delivering services under Section 43 happened January 1, 2023.

We continue to offer weekly provider and aggregator trainings and forums. All trainings and forums are online via Microsoft Teams.

NOTE:  The Absorb training system has been updated to allow providers to register for trainings and/or forums more than once.

• Read more about Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program (EPSDT)

The goal of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program (EPSDT) is to ensure that individual children get the right care to the right child at the right time in the right setting.  

There are two ways the EPSDT program can be utilized:  

Providing Routine Primary Care and Preventative Services 

• Read more about MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services

Notice of MaineCare Reimbursement Methodology Change

AGENCY:  Department of Health and Human Services, Office of MaineCare Services

SERVICES INCLUDED:  Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services

• Read more about Improving Adult Services Under New Leadership

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce that Paul Saucier has been appointed as Director of the Office of Aging and Disability Services. Saucier comes to the Department with extensive aging and disability experience nationally and locally. He has done oversight work in Maine's developmental disabilities system, worked for the Legislature's Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, and directed the Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service.

• Read more about Attention All Providers: Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Audit

Current PERM Audit   

• Read more about Attention MaineCare Providers of Children’s Services

Providers have asked how to request an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) authorization midway through services that have already been approved under MaineCare policy. Below is the process to request an EPSDT authorization in conjunction with an active service:  

• Read more about Attention MaineCare Providers of Children’s Services

Providers have asked how to request an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) authorization midway through services that have already been approved under MaineCare policy. Below is the process to request an EPSDT authorization in conjunction with an active service:  

• Read more about Available Now: Behavioral Health Support and Crisis Services System Analysis Report Stakeholder Meeting Recording

The recent Behavioral Health Support and Crisis Services System Analysis Report Stakeholder Meeting recording is now available on our website.

• Read more about Aging and Disability Connections Issue 1

The Office of Aging and Disability Services has published its first issue of a quarterly newsletter, Aging and Disability Connections .

The newsletter can be found on our website (PDF).

• Read more about DHHS Announces Preliminary Plan to Improve Home and Community Based Services for Mainers Living with Disabilities

Ensuring that Maine people with age-related, physical, behavioral, intellectual, and cognitive health needs have access to high-quality care that supports independence is vital to Governor Mills' vision for improving Maines health care system.