Timeline for Lifespan Waiver Implementation Comes into Focus as Program Development Continues
Dec 12, 2024
The Department expects the Lifespan program to be ready for enrollment by July 2026.
Rate Determination Initiation Notice for Interpreter Services
The Department has initiated a Rate Determination Process for Interpreter Services, Chapter I, Section 1, of the MaineCare Benefits Manual.* The Department is determining rates to ensure quality of care and access to this critical service. The Department will assess, and determine as appropriate, rate amounts or reimbursement models in accordance with Maine statute.
0-148 C.M.R. Chapter 22: Safe Haven Baby Boxes
This rulemaking proposes to establish guidelines for the safe installation and use of safe haven baby boxes at qualifying safe haven provider locations before they are put into service. Public Law 2021, c. 466 amended Maine’s Safe Haven law to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt rules to ensure the safe design, installation, and use of each safe haven baby box before it may be put into service by a hospital, law enforcement agency, or fire department.
A Final Update to MaineCare Unwinding
December 12, 2024
Maine's Medicaid program (MaineCare) successfully concluded a process known as the "unwinding" of the continuous Medicaid eligibility requirement. Following the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in 2023, updates to federal rules meant that every MaineCare member needed to have their coverage reviewed to ensure they could remain eligible. This process began in May 2023, and eligibility redeterminations were completed by October 31, 2024, with nearly 80% of Maine people successfully renewing their MaineCare coverage.
Notice of MaineCare Reimbursement Methodology Change, COLA, Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual
Notice of MaineCare Reimbursement Methodology Change
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of MaineCare Services
SERVICES INCLUDED: Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual
Notice of MaineCare Reimbursement Methodology Change, Maine Service Provider Tax, Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual
Notice of MaineCare Reimbursement Methodology Change
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of MaineCare Services
SERVICES INCLUDED: Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual
Maine DHHS provides final update on MaineCare "unwinding"
Dec 12, 2024
Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released an update on the conclusion of MaineCare (Medicaid) eligibility reviews after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, known as "unwinding." At the conclusion of the 15-month unwinding period (from May 2023 through October 2024), the Department's efforts have resulted in over 345,000 MaineCare members successfully renewing and retaining coverage.
MaineCare Proposed Rule #310 - Part 2, Section 9 Update
10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 332; MaineCare Eligibility Manual – Part 2
Part 2, Section 9 Update
Provider Responsibility for Managing Users in My HealthPAS Trading Partner Accounts (TPA)
It is important for your TPA administrator to actively manage your user accounts for the Health PAS Online Portal. To manage users, log into the administrator TPA and click on “Account Maintenance” and then “Manage Users”. Edit existing, deactivated or reactivated users by clicking on the row of the user you would like to manage. The Administrator of the account and users with a security role of “R7-User Management” are allowed to use these features.
Attention Pharmacy Providers Under Title 5
Pharmacy providers whose pharmacy license is under a Title 5 review may use your Title 5 notice to extend your enrollment with MaineCare in MIHMS by six months, and for every six months thereafter, until the Title 5 review is resolved.