Section 2, Adult Family Care Homes – Rate Determination: Comment Deadline and Draft Rate Models Posted
In August 2022 the Office of MaineCare Services initiated a rate determination for Section 2, Adult Family Care Homes.
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.
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
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
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.
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:
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:
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.
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).