Last year (on November 30), I posted Maine’s new Provider Enrollment Fee scheduled for 2020, which had gone up slightly from the previous year. Here’s the info for 2021, with another very small ($4) increase. Application Fee for 2021, CR 98768 Effective… Read More ›
MaineCare & Maine DHHS
For Health Care Organizations Serving People With MaineCare, There’s a New Financial Relief Grant Program
Press Release from Maine DHHS, received December 02, 2020 at 1:00 pm. Maine Health Care Financial Relief Grant Program – December 10th Application Deadline and Upcoming Webinar The Maine Health Care Financial Relief Grant program is available to health care… Read More ›
Coalition calls on everyone to get outside safely this winter
I’ve reposted this exactly as it arrived in my in-box. – LSnyder November 20, 2020Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Media Contacts Warren Whitney, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, wwhitney@mcht.orgJeremy Cluchey, The Nature Conservancy in Maine, jeremy.cluchey@tnc.orgMark Latti, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries… Read More ›
MaineCare Comprehensive Rate System Evaluation: Phase 2 Stakeholder Engagement Overview and Schedule
For those of us who have worked in the State’s mental health system for a while – and for me, it’s been several decades – the reimbursement rates for MaineCare (Medicaid) services are of great concern and interest. Earlier this… Read More ›
With COVID-19 Cases Rising, Mills Administration Announces More Public Health and Safety Measures
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEGOV/bulletins/2ad6883 From the Office of the Governor of the State of Maine. With COVID-19 Cases Rising, Mills Administration Announces More Public Health and Safety MeasuresNovember 19, 2020 Starting tomorrow, certain businesses statewide will close every day by 9:00 PM; Keep Maine Healthy Program Extended; Additional Walgreens… Read More ›
From the Maine Office of Aging & Disability Services (OADS) re Releases, Liability & COVID-19
Reprinted as received. Releases, Liability, and COVID-19 August 17, 2020 As community programs and services reopen throughout the State following temporary closures or suspensions due to COVID-19, it has come to the Department’s attention that some MaineCare and OADS-funded Home… Read More ›
Shortchanging Mental Health Providers Just Hurts the Most Vulnerable
Years ago, I ran a 200+ employee mental health agency. When children’s case management services were privatized – meaning the State of Maine, which had been handling all the children’s case management services to that point – opened those services… Read More ›
Mills, Jackson & Gideon Announce Bill to Improve Health Insurance for Maine People and Small Businesses
This press release from the Maine Governor’s office just came in January 8, 2020 Governor Janet Mills, Senate President Troy Jackson, and Speaker of the House Sara Gideon today announced legislation to improve private health insurance for Maine people and… Read More ›
School-Based Services Training Survey
Press Release from the Office of MaineCare Services12/20/2019. School-Based Services Training Survey MaineCare will be proposing a new section of the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 106, School-based Services. We anticipate the rule will go into effect July 1, 2020. To help ensure successful implementation of this… Read More ›
Maine DHHS Urges People to Take Advantage of Extra Time to Enroll in HealthCare.gov Coverage
The following is a press release from the State of Maine’s Department of Health & Human Services.Maine DHHS Urges People to Take Advantage of Extra Time to Enroll in HealthCare.gov Coverage12/17/2019 12:13 PM EST AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Health… Read More ›