• Read more about Transportation, Storage and Final Disposition of Dead Bodies Rule, 10-146 CMR Ch. 1

This rule adoption includes the additional $5.00 fee for burial-transit permits issued for the transportation, temporary storage, disinterment, or final disposition of a dead human body, pursuant to Public Law 2023, chapter 677, section 4, and replaces the outdated reference to a repealed statute (30 MRS § 2352) with the correctly referenced statute, 30-A MRS § 2652. Additionally, the amended rule includes technical changes to the format to conform to agency standards.

• Read more about ASPIRE-TANF Rule #29 - LD 1748

10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 607; ASPIRE-TANF Program Rules, All Sections

ASPIRE-TANF Rule #29P – LD 1748

• Read more about MaineCare Rule #312A - Part 9 and Chart 3.8 Premium Updates

10-144 C.M.R. Ch. 332; MaineCare Eligibility Manual – Part 9: LIMITED BENEFITS GROUP and Chart 3.8: Premiums for Special Benefits Waiver [Maine Section 1115 Health Care Reform Demonstration for Individuals with HIV/AIDS]

Rule #312A – Part 9 and Chart 3.8 Premium Updates

• Read more about Section 60, Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Supplies: Annual Rate Adjustment - CR 130241

Effective January 1, 2025, MaineCare updated DME rates benchmarked to Medicare, to reflect 100% of current year Medicare rates. You may view the new rates on the Rate Setting page of the Health PAS Online Portal.

• Read more about Comment Deadline Extended: Home and Community Based Supports (HCBS) Sections 18, 20, 21, 29, and New Lifespan Waiver

The Department is extending the deadline for written comments on the HCBS Sections 18, 20, 21, 29 and New Lifespan Waiver rate determination to May 6, 2025. Please see the presented materials notice that followed the forum for more information.

Please submit comments to our vendor HMA – Burns: OADSRateStudy@healthmanagement.com

• Read more about Nursing Facility (NF) Listening Session on Rates for Individuals with Brain Injury or Medical-Psychiatric Needs

Following two years of discussions with interested parties, we implemented a new approach to MaineCare NF payments for 2025. Phase I of NF rate reform establishes a new pricing model for general care in NFs.

• Read more about Beneficiary Advisory Council (BAC)

The Beneficiary Advisory Council (BAC) is a dedicated group of individuals with lived experience who help shape access to quality healthcare, policies, and MaineCare services across the state.

We believe that the best solutions come from those directly impacted by Medicaid - whether as recipients, family members, or caregivers.

• Read more about Announcing an Exciting Change to MaineCare’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program for Children and Youth

MaineCare is excited to announce the rebrand of the EPSDT program.

The program is now called VitalCare for Kids!

VitalCare for Kids will maintain the national standards of care federally required under EPSDT to ensure children get the health care they need when they need it – the right care, to the right child, at the right time, in the right setting. 

• Read more about Rules Relating to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act (BCCPTA) in Maine; 10-144 CMR Ch. 708

The Department adopted the amended 10-144 CMR Chapter 708, Rules Relating to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act (BCCPTA) in Maine, for consistency with concurrent adoption of 10-144 CMR Chapter 707, effectively implementing expanded coverage under the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention - Breast and Cervical Health Program (MBCHP). The adopted amendments to Chapter 708 are consistent with the proposed non-substantive changes that include a revised rule format and language for conformity with agency standards.

• Read more about Rules Relating to the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) in Maine; 10-144 CMR Ch. 707

The Department adopted amendments to 10-144 CMR Ch. 707, Rules Relating to the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) in Maine to expand coverage and eligibility for the Maine CDC Breast and Cervical Health Program (MBCHP) to include qualifying participants who are 21 to 34 years old and the addition of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as another service in rule that MBCHP will cover when determined medically necessary and provided by a participating MBCHP Provider.