2023 Health Care Reviews
Below are the Certificate of Need healthcare reviews conducted during the year of 2023. You can also view reviews from previous years.
Hospital/Acute Care Reviews
Encompass Healthcare
New Inpatient Hospital
Attention Providers: New Ways to Connect Your Patients to Mental Health Care
The MaineCare HIV Program and the Delivery System Reform Units will host a 30-minute tour of Treatment Connection, an online platform that helps you locate and contact mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) providers. This session is specifically for providers who seek mental health and SUD services for their patients. The live event will start at 11:30 AM, Thursday, January 25, 2024. Register Here.
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 43, Hospice Services, and Chapter III, Section 43, Allowances for Hospice Services (repeal)
Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, MaineCare Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 43, Hospice Services, and Chapter III, Section 43, Allowances for Hospice Services (repeal)
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER:
CONCISE SUMMARY:
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings
We continue to offer weekly EVV 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
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EVV Phase 2 Training Content – State and Providers |
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Date Attention Section 65 Behavioral Health Providers: Draft Service Model and Rates Presented Materials for Mobile Crisis Response TeamsOn January 11, 2024, MaineCare held an online public meeting with its vendor Burns and Associates, a division of Health Management Associates (HMA-Burns), to present the recommended draft service model and rates for Mobile Crisis Response Teams, along with rationales. Stakeholders were able to provide public comment during this forum. Maine DHHS Provides an Estimated $13.5M SNAP Benefit Replacement Following December 18 StormEligible recipients to automatically receive replacement benefits on EBT cards this weekend Indian Health Services (IHS) Rate Update for Calendar Year 2024 (CY24)Effective January 1, 2024, the rate for IHS providers has increased to $719.00. The Department will reprocess claims submitted for dates of service beginning January 1, 2024, through January 11, 2024. No provider action is needed. Update to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccination Claims GuidanceOn September 15, 2023, the Office of MaineCare Services (OMS) sent a bulletin regarding the coverage of RSV vaccines. OMS has completed the update to our systems, and you may begin to submit claims for these services. MaineCare Notice of Agency Major Substantive Rulemaking Provisional Adoption, Chapter III, Section 29The Division of Policy posts all proposed and recently adopted rules on MaineCare’s Policy and Rules webpage. This website keeps the proposed rules MaineCare Notice of Agency Major Substantive Rulemaking Provisional Adoption, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 29Notice of Agency Major Substantive Rulemaking Provisional 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 | |