MaineCare Bulletins

Date Title Topic
MaineCare for Kids Communications Toolkit General, All Services
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Help MaineCare Members Avoid a Gap in Health Coverage Retail Pharmacies
Attention Section 65, Behavioral Health Service Providers: Mobile Crisis Response Teams Draft Service Model and Rates, Public Review and Comment Behavioral Health (BH)
Attention Nursing Facilities (NFs) and Residential Care Facilities (PNMI, Appendix C, RCFs) – Rates Effective January 1, 2024 Long Term Care Services
Update to the ​Biosimilar Preferred Drug List​ Hospital & Clinic Services
Impact to MaineCare of Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) Cap Removal Hospital & Clinic Services, Primary Care and Care Coordination, Retail Pharmacies
​​EVV Providers – Update to Latest Version of the Sandata Mobile Connect (SMC) App ​ Long Term Services and Supports
​Section 103, Rural Health Center (RHC) Calendar Year 2024 (CY24) Rate Update - CR 121608 Primary Care and Care Coordination
​​Section 50, Intensive Care Facilities (ICF) Rate Letters for Calendar Year (CY) 2024 and Day Habilitation Service Rate Update - CR 121701 Long Term Care Services
CORRECTION: Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF) Rate Letters for CY 2024 and Day Habilitation Service Rate Update – CR 121701 ​ Long Term Care Services
CORRECTION: Non-Billing, Ordering, Prescribing, and Referring (NOPR) Editing Changing from Warn to Deny – CR 121469 General Notifications for All Providers
Rescheduled MaineCare Provider Enrollment Presentation and Listening Session General, All Services
Non-Billing, Ordering, Prescribing, and Referring (NOPR) Edits Changing from Warn to Deny – CR 121469 General, All Services
Application Fee for 2024 Reminder, CR 121257 General, All Services
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Survey Deadline Extended: Sections 18, 20, 21, 29 Home & Community Based Supports and Proposed Lifespan Waiver Cost Survey Tool Long Term Services and Supports
​​Comment Deadline Extended: Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMI) Appendix D, Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) Draft Rate Model Behavioral Health (BH)
Non-Billing, Ordering, Prescribing, and Referring (NOPR) Edits Changing from Warn to Deny – CR 121469 General, All Services
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Attention MaineCare Section 67, Nursing Facilities (NFs): Extraordinary Circumstance Allowance (ECA) Payments Have Been Released Long Term Care Services
Revalidate with MaineCare to Avoid Claim Denials General, All Services
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Readiness Assessment - Initial Cohort Due Date of January 19, 2024 Behavioral Health (BH), General, All Services, Not in use, Primary Care and Care Coordination
​Attention Providers of Sections 2, 13, 17, 26, 28, 65 and 92: Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Billing Guidance Behavioral Health (BH), Long Term Care Services, Long Term Services and Supports
​Attention Section 5, Ambulance Service Providers: 2024 Rate Updat Specialty Services
Attention Providers of Section 45 Hospital Services: Draft Rate Model Presented Materials Hospital & Clinic Services
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 45 Not in use, State & Federal Policy
MaineCare Announces Post-Incarcerated Incentive Payment Pilot  General Notifications for All Providers
Attention Providers of Section 18, 20, 21, 29, Home & Community Based Supports and Proposed Lifespan Waiver: Cost Survey Tool Long Term Services and Supports
Attention MaineCare Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Providers, Backdating Policy Update Behavioral Health (BH)
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Reminder for Billing Attending Provider on UB-04 and 837I Claims, CR 110840 General, All Services
Attention Hospitals: Instructions for Distinct Psychiatric or Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Billing Now Available, CR 120732 Hospital & Clinic Services
MaineCare Benefits Manual (MBM), Chapter II, Section 71: National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) Services Provider Enrollment Now Open General, All Services
Attention: New Email Address for Adult Family Care Homes and Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMI), Level IV, Appendix C Long Term Care Services
Update to the Biosimilar Preferred Drug List-Correction Hospital & Clinic Services
Attention EVV Providers: Inactive Client (Member) Status Long Term Services and Supports
Section 97, Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMI), Appendix D, Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) – Presented Materials and Comment Period Behavioral Health (BH)
Rate Determination Initiation Notice for Community Paramedicine Services to be Incorporated Into MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 5, Ambulance Services Primary Care and Care Coordination, Specialty Services
Rate Determination Initiation Notice for Section 93, Opioid Health Homes (OHH) and new Health Home Model for Other Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) Behavioral Health (BH)
Final Rate Determination Schedule for CY24 and Comment Summary General, All Services
MaineCare Provider Enrollment Presentation and Listening Session General, All Services
​​Microdyn Update for Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs), and Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG’s), CRs 120481, 120482, 120475, 120743​ Hospital & Clinic Services
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Attention Providers: MaineCare Logo Survey Now Available General, All Services
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, MaineCare Benefits Manual Chapter II, Section 89 Not in use, State & Federal Policy
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, MaineCare Benefits Manual Chapter II, Section 89 Not in use, State & Federal Policy
COVID-19 Therapeutics Transition to Commercial Market, and UPDATE on COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage General, All Services
Application Fee for 2024 Reminder, CR 121257 General, All Services
Non-Billing, Ordering, Prescribing, and Referring (NOPR) Edits Changing from Warn to Deny – CR 121469 General, All Services