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Note: The first step in the appeal process is an informal review by the Division of Audit. Those decisions are posted here. The next step in the appeal process would be an administrative hearing before the Hearings Unit. The Recommended and Final Hearing Decisions are available at the Administrative Hearings Unit’s Provider Appeal Decisions’ section of their webpage.
Please note that our checklist has been updated and needs to be used for all submissions going forward.
The cost report needs to be submitted in Microsoft Excel format. We will no longer accept locked or protected cost report files or files that have hidden tabs.
Electronic submissions of cost reports, financial statements and compliance audits are preferred.
As outlined in “5 MRSA §1825-B. Bids, awards, contracts and grants”, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is required to award contracts through a competitive bidding process. These competitive bids are posted with Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services Division of Procurement Services (DAFS).
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is committed to providing services that are accessible to all eligible individuals, including linguistic and cultural minority groups with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and individuals with disabilities that affect communication.
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") protects persons with disabilities from discrimination by public entities such as the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The ADA requires the Department provide persons with disabilities equal access and equal opportunity to benefit from the Department's programs, services, and activities.
The Department cannot discriminate in its programs, services, and activities based on a person's disability, race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, religious or political belief, ancestry, familial or marital status, genetic information, association, previous assertion of a claim or right, or whistleblower activity.
Under the law, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) may not discriminate based on a person's disability, race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, religious or political belief, ancestry, familial or marital status, genetic information, association, or previous assertion of a claim or right.