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Feb 2, 2023
Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released a Comprehensive Behavioral Health Plan for Maine (PDF) to improve the continuum of behavioral health services available to Maine people from childhood throughout the lifespan.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is excited to announce the creation of a Service Locator Tool hosted on Bamboo Health’s TreatmentConnection.com. The Tool will improve access to substance use and mental health treatment. The goal is to publicly launch this tool in spring 2023.
There is NO COST to your agency to participate in this initiative. To learn more about this and how to onboard to the platform, we encourage you to attend an orientation event listed below.
MaineCare’s Delivery System Reform Unit (DSRU) is holding a PCPlus Open Office Hour on Thursday, February 16, 2023, from 12:00-1:00 PM as an online venue for PCPlus providers to ask MaineCare questions concerning the PCPlus program.
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.
As a follow up to the notice on February 3, 2023, the Department has updated the Behavioral Health Rate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document on billing and authorizations for services for Sections 28 and 65.
As a follow up to the notice on February 3, 2023, the Department has updated the Behavioral Health Rate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document on billing and authorizations for services for Sections 28 and 65.
As a follow up to the notice on February 3, 2023, the Department has updated the Behavioral Health Rate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document on billing and authorizations for services for Sections 28 and 65.
As a follow up to the notice on February 3, 2023, the Department has updated the Behavioral Health Rate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document on billing and authorizations for services for Sections 28 and 65. New questions are in the same document and are labeled with today’s date.
As a follow up to the notice on February 3, 2023, the Department has updated the Behavioral Health Rate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document on billing and authorizations for services for Sections 28 and 65. New questions are in the same document and are labeled with today’s date.
The Primary Care Plus (PCPlus) Provider Operations and Methodology Guide is now available on MaineCare’s Primary Care webpage. This guide provides valuable information to PCPlus providers on the details of the operations and methodology of PCPlus and will assist practices in understanding more about the details of the model. This guide will be updated regularly as we receive additional questions from practices on the model.