• Read more about Improving Adult Services Under New Leadership

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce that Paul Saucier has been appointed as Director of the Office of Aging and Disability Services. Saucier comes to the Department with extensive aging and disability experience nationally and locally. He has done oversight work in Maine's developmental disabilities system, worked for the Legislature's Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, and directed the Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service.

• Read more about Attention All Providers: Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Audit

Current PERM Audit   

• Read more about Attention MaineCare Providers of Children’s Services

Providers have asked how to request an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) authorization midway through services that have already been approved under MaineCare policy. Below is the process to request an EPSDT authorization in conjunction with an active service:  

• Read more about Attention MaineCare Providers of Children’s Services

Providers have asked how to request an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) authorization midway through services that have already been approved under MaineCare policy. Below is the process to request an EPSDT authorization in conjunction with an active service:  

• Read more about Available Now: Behavioral Health Support and Crisis Services System Analysis Report Stakeholder Meeting Recording

The recent Behavioral Health Support and Crisis Services System Analysis Report Stakeholder Meeting recording is now available on our website.

• Read more about Aging and Disability Connections Issue 1

The Office of Aging and Disability Services has published its first issue of a quarterly newsletter, Aging and Disability Connections .

The newsletter can be found on our website (PDF).

• Read more about DHHS Announces Preliminary Plan to Improve Home and Community Based Services for Mainers Living with Disabilities

Ensuring that Maine people with age-related, physical, behavioral, intellectual, and cognitive health needs have access to high-quality care that supports independence is vital to Governor Mills' vision for improving Maines health care system.

• Read more about Quarterly Update: Supporting Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Brain Injury in their Homes and Communities

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides home and community-based services to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD, ORC), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and brain injury primarily through MaineCare-funded programs. These are often called waiver programs because they operate with special exceptions from the federal government and are referred to by their Section number, which is where they can be found in the MaineCare rules.

• Read more about Home and Community-Based Waiver Services Providers

April's monthly HCBS Provider meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 11am.

Agenda items include:

• Read more about Attention Home- and Community-Based (HCBS) Providers, Including Case Managers Care Coordinators

Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Department has determined it is best to place our HCBS validation strategies on a sixty-day pause from April 13, 2020 to June 12, 2020. This decision has been made to ensure the health and safety of the members we serve, the provider base, validators, and to ensure the integrity of the HCBS validation process.