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Office at 200 Main Street resumed normal operations on June 1 following February cold weather damage
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that its district office located at 200 Main St. in Lewiston reopened and resumed normal operations on June 1, 2023. DHHS closed the office in February to allow for repair of significant water and electrical damage resulting from extreme cold weather.
MaineCare recently implemented its new VBP supplemental sub-pool payments, totaling $600,000, which the Department will distribute each year to eligible hospitals based on performance on one or more quality measures. This sub-pool helps align incentives across the health care system to drive desired outcomes. The 2022 and 2023 distribution of these funds will focus on primary care access among MaineCare members within designated Hospital Service Areas (HSAs).
Kepro, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of MaineCare Services, invites you to participate in an upcoming training opportunity for the Ages & Stages Questionnaire® (ASQ) online portal. ASQ was introduced by the State to increase developmental screening rates to connect young children under age 5 with needed health and educational services.
On Monday, June 5, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, MaineCare will host a public forum for Section 25, Dental Services providers to learn how to bill for interpreter services and comply with relevant requirements.
Zoom Meeting link: https://mainestate.zoom.us/j/88509241238
Jun 6, 2023
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) has made six additional awards in its second round of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Innovation Pilot Grants to support projects that promote greater independence and community participation among individuals with disabilities.The adopted rule updates the average nursing care private rate, listed in Chart 4.3 of the MaineCare Eligibility Manual, to the most current figure available from the Department's internal audit team. Effective Jun 1, 2023, the average nursing care private rate is determined from rates reported by nursing facilities on the MaineCare Cost Report.
May 5, 2023
In 2021, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) announced a series of new initiatives to advance health equity in communities at higher risk of COVID-19 and address systemic health inequities revealed during the pandemic. These projects are supported by a COVID-19 Health Disparities grant of over $32 million from the U.S.
The delay with posting paper and PDF Remittance Advices (RAs) on the HealthPAS Online Portal is now corrected. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please contact Provider Services with questions at: 1-866-690-5585 or by email.
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.