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On February 26, 2024, MaineCare with its vendor HMA - Burns, held a second virtual public forum to present draft reimbursement methodologies and rationales for outpatient core facility services in acute care and rehabilitative hospitals. At this forum, HMA – Burns also presented a draft methodology for inpatient and outpatient core facility services in critical access hospitals (CAHs).
The Office of MaineCare Services is inviting you to join an Office Hours call with the MaineCare Pharmacy Benefit team on Thursday, March 14, 2024, from 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM related to the current service disruption.
As previously shared in our October 13, 2023, bulletin, the Department initiated a rate determination process for a new service model under review for future proposal. As a result of that process, we are now conducting a rate study.
You are receiving this email because we are inviting you to participate in the rate study process for this service.
As noted in our February 23, 2024, e-message, Change Healthcare is experiencing a network interruption related to a cyber security issue. This is a national issue affecting Medicaid members in many states.
With the new Evergreen system rollout, previous authorizations with a prefix of “EIS” have been replaced by new authorizations with a prefix of “LTS.”
Our current Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 837 file was developed with a max of 15 characters for authorization IDs. The new LTS authorization IDs have a max of 17 characters. When submitting 837 claims, providers are reporting that the last two characters of the authorization ID are getting cut off, resulting in denied claims with the “UM not found” edit.
AUGUSTA– The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that it has received a $2,048,452 federal grant to support behavioral health, community wellness, and resiliency in the wake of the Lewiston tragedy on October 25, 2023.
The Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) is excited to announce a virtual De-escalation training opportunity scheduled for March 26, 2024. This training is provided in collaboration with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maine and is available for caregivers providing care to Section 19 members. Caregivers can include personal support staff, attendants, home health aides, nurses or other natural and family supports.
Mar 3, 2024
Since the evening of October 25, 2023, Maine has continued to assess and respond to the needs of those impacted directly and indirectly by the shootings in Lewiston. Conversations convened by Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with experts across state government and among federal partners made clear that behavioral health needs, in the wake of an incident of mass violence, persist for months and even years.
The Office of MaineCare Services is inviting you to join an Office Hours call with the MaineCare Pharmacy Benefit team on Friday, March 08, 2024, from 3:30PM – 4:15PM related to the current service disruption.
The Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with the Substance Use Research & Evaluation (SURE) unit at the Catherine E. Cutler Institute, University of Southern Maine to evaluate the system of care for SUD. We have identified that more information is needed to understand attitudes of providers towards CM within the SUD continuum of care. To assist the Department, the SURE unit developed an electronic survey of provider beliefs about CM as a treatment option for SUD.