Free Asthma Education Sessions for Maine Healthcare Professionals
Sessions are in-person at your location, customized to your needs, and with flexible schedules!
Subjects include:
Training Opportunity Available for Section 19 Home and Community Based Services for Older and Disabled Adult Caregivers
The Office of Aging and Disability Services is excited to announce a virtual training opportunity on Mental Health First Aid, scheduled for September 18, 2023. This training is offered in collaboration with National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maine and is available for caregivers providing care to Section 19 members. Caregivers can include personal support staff, attendants, home health aides, nurses or other natural and family supports.
Service Locator Tool – Invitation to Behavioral Health Providers
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is excited to announce the creation of a Service Locator Tool hosted on Bamboo Health’s TreatmentConnection.com. The Tool will improve access to treatment for substance use and mental health issues. The goal is to publicly launch this tool in late summer 2023.
10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 323; General Assistance Manual, Section IV, GA Rule 25 - Recovery Residence Participation
The purpose of this rule is to update the General Assistance (GA) Program Manual, Section IV to provide clarity and align this manual with Public Law 2023, Chapter 133. The Department proposes amending Section IV(O), Recovery Residence to clarify that GA payments may be issued to a managing operator of a certified recovery residence.
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapters II and III, Section 43
Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), MaineCare Services, Division of Policy
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE:
10-144 C.M.R. Ch. 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 43, Hospice Services
10-144 C.M.R. Ch. 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 43, Allowances for Hospice Services
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER:
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings
The EVV requirements for Home Health providers delivering services under Section 40 were implemented on January 1, 2023.
We continue to offer weekly provider and aggregator trainings. All trainings are online via Microsoft Teams.
NOTE: The Absorb training system has been updated to allow providers to register for trainings more than once.
EVV Training Schedule
Revalidate with MaineCare to Avoid Claim Denials
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 6401, states that almost all provider types must revalidate their information with MaineCare every five years. Durable Medical Equipment (DME) providers are required to revalidate their information with MaineCare every three years. The current round of revalidations began in January 2022.
The Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Standing Order National Provider Identifier (NPI) has been Updated
The NRT standing order can be accessed on the MaineCare website Providers Resources page, under Pharmacy. Please use NPI 1407110893 as the prescriber NPI on the claim. This NPI is only to be used for MaineCare members and submission of the MaineCare voucher.
Attention Primary Care Plus (PCPlus) Practices: Reminder - PCPlus Open Office Hour
The Delivery System Reform Unit (DSRU) will hold a PCPlus Open Office Hour on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 12:00 PM. The purpose of the Open Office Hour is to provide an accessible online venue for PCPlus providers to ask MaineCare's DSRU questions you have regarding the PCPlus program.