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Effective January 1, 2024, MaineCare is increasing reimbursement rates for NFs and RCFs in accordance with Part AAAA of P.L. 2021 Ch. 398, to continue to enable providers to cover labor costs for essential support workers to at least 125% of the minimum wage.
Rate letters are posted at the secure Health PAS Online Portal and rates have been implemented for billing.
For questions on rates please contact the individual listed on the rate letter.
Earlier this year, the Department’s vendor, Burns and Associates, a division of Health Management Associates (HMA-Burns), conducted a survey for Section 65 Crisis Resolution and Response Services.
As you may know, changes are coming to MaineCare, and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is hoping that pharmacies can help to spread the word!
We are working to raise awareness about the need for people with MaineCare to renew their coverage or, if they’re no longer eligible, to enroll in coverage through their employer or through CoverME.gov, Maine’s Health Insurance Marketplace.
More information about this process can be found at MaineCare.gov/unwinding.
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
Effective October 1, 2023, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has expanded eligibility for children and young adults under 21 in Maine to include family incomes up to 300% of the federal poverty level. That translates to an annual salary of about $59,000 for a family of two and $90,000 for a family of four. Additionally, the Department eliminated most premiums for children’s coverage, effective March 1, 2023.
Effective January 4, 2024, the Department will add preferred and non-preferred drugs to the Biosimilar Preferred Drug List (PDL).
The Department will add the following preferred drugs:
As the result of a provision in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, beginning January 1, 2024, Medicaid rebates from drug manufacturers will no longer be capped at 100 percent of the quarterly AMP.
EVV Providers who are currently using the SMC app through their phone, tablet, or other mobile device should update to the latest version of the app using the Apple Store, or Google Play. The current version of the app is being phased out and will no longer be active. To avoid any interruption of visit record keeping, you should now download the app that has a version number of 3.0 or higher.
This message serves as a correction to information provided in our December 27th e-message regarding Non-Billing, Ordering, Prescribing, and Referring (NOPR) Edits.