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As caterpillars become more active, take precautions to protect your health
AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and Maine Forest Service (MFS) remind Maine residents and visitors to take precautions to reduce exposure to browntail moth caterpillars, as they become more active this spring.
The Office of MaineCare Services (OMS) has become aware of a vendor code issue that began this morning, May 1, 2024, impacting certain provider’s claims and causing those claims to go into a PEND status for a Missing Vendor Code (Edit 6037). This issue is being investigated and addressed by multiple entities including: OMS, Gainwell Technologies, and the Office of the State Controller. OMS will update all providers as this issue progresses.
Please note that this issue will NOT impact any provider’s payments issued this week.
The public review and comment forum that was scheduled for May 7, 2024, to present the draft rates and methodologies for Section 45 services has been postponed. We appreciate your ongoing patience and apologize for any inconvenience. The Department will reschedule this forum and send notice of the new date and time. Please watch for future noticing.
For questions, please contact Jessica Levesque, MaineCare’s Rate Reform Project Manager.
The Division of Policy posts all proposed and recently adopted rules on MaineCare’s Policy and Rules webpage. This website keeps the rules on file until t
Notice of Agency Major Substantive Rulemaking Adoption
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, MaineCare Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 29, Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2023-P173
CONCISE SUMMARY:
The Office of MaineCare Services thanks pharmacy providers for transmitting claims with dates of service during the outage period (February 21, 2024, through March 26, 2024).
Partnership advances Safety Science implementation and plan to keep children safe by keeping families strong
AUGUSTA– The Maine Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) announced today that it has joined the National Partnership for Child Safety (NPCS), a quality improvement collaborative with a mission to improve child safety and prevent child maltreatment fatalities.
There are no additional live trainings for EVV scheduled after April 25, 2024. Providers can request Ad Hoc EVV Training by emailing MihmsTraining@gainwelltechnologies.com to schedule a training.
Register for online trainings through Absorb:
With health care jobs rebounded from the pandemic, Maine Departments of Health and Human Services and Labor convene health care leaders and innovators to advance progress in recruiting and retaining workers
In September of 2022, the Office of MaineCare Services initiated a rate determination process for Section 31, FQHCs, pursuant to MRS Title 22, §3173-J, to develop an alternative payment model in alignment with requirements identified in MRS Title 22, §3173-V. In March of 2023 MaineCare along with its vendor, Guidehouse Inc., hosted a