• Read more about DHHS Thanks Maine Adoptive Families During National Adoption Month in November

AUGUSTA—The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) is recognizing November as National Adoption Month by highlighting the vital role that adoptive parents play in creating safe and stable homes for Maine children. In 2021, adoptive parents in Maine provided homes to 384 children who were in State custody, reflecting a significant increase from 289 adoptions in 2020 and 271 adoptions in 2019.

• Read more about DHHS Encourages Maine People to Order Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests to Prepare for Safe Holiday Travel and Gatherings

Maine households may order a kit of five rapid COVID-19 tests for home delivery every month from Project ACT

AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is encouraging Maine people to order free, at-home COVID-19 tests as part of their planning for upcoming gatherings and travel to protect relatives and friends and help limit the spread of COVID-19 this holiday season.

• Read more about CoverME.gov Now Open for Shopping and Enrolling in Affordable Health Coverage

More Maine people than ever will be eligible for help paying for Marketplace insurance in 2023

AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that Maine people can now visit CoverME.gov, Maine's Health Insurance Marketplace, to shop for and select affordable health insurance plans for 2023 during the Open Enrollment Period that kicks off today, November 1, 2022.

• Read more about Maine People Urged to Sign Up by the January 15 Deadline for Affordable Health Insurance Through CoverME.gov

Open enrollment ends in five days for coverage in 2023

AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is urging Maine residents who lack affordable health insurance to sign up by the deadline of Sunday, January 15, for a 2023 health plan through CoverME.gov, Maine’s health insurance marketplace.

• Read more about Attention Providers of Section 45, Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder Services - Presented Materials and Comment Period

PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT  

• Read more about Attention Providers of Section 45, Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder Services - Presented Materials and Comment Period 

PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT  

Jan 1, 2023

As the largest Department in State government that serves one in three Maine residents, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is committed to removing barriers to services for various populations, improving equitable outcomes, and making working in and with DHHS a positive experience for people of all cultures, races, ethnicities, and identities. To this end, Ian Yaffe will become the next Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the Department on January 30. 

• Read more about DHHS Announces Ian Yaffe as Next Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Read more about Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Trainings and Forums

The federal deadline to implement the EVV requirements for Home Health providers delivering services under Section 40 and Hospice providers delivering services under Section 43 happened January 1, 2023.  

We continue to offer weekly provider and aggregator trainings and forums. All trainings and forums are online via Microsoft Teams. 

• Read more about Reminder for Billing Attending Provider on UB-04 and 837I Claims, CR 110840

This is a reminder that the attending provider is required on all UB-04 and 837I claims.  Effective April 1, 2023, MaineCare will deny UB-04 and 837I claims submitted without an enrolled attending provider.

The attending provider is the individual who has overall responsibility for the patient’s medical care and treatment reported in the claim/encounter. The attending provider requirement includes all claim submission methods (paper, HealthPAS Online Portal, or 837I).

• Read more about Rounding Rule Enforcement Discretion

On May 29, 2022, MaineCare adopted changes to the rounding rule in Chapter I, Section 1.03-8(J), effective January 1, 2023. In response to provider feedback, MaineCare will exercise discretion in its enforcement of the new rounding rule until April 1, 2023, to give providers additional time to implement necessary system changes. Any providers holding claims because their systems are not compliant with the rounding rule may release those claims.