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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
Additional Medical Supports & Procedures Now Available Via Telehealth, per CMS
Special Edition – Thursday, October 15, 2020 Trump Administration Drives Telehealth Services in Medicaid and Medicare On October 14, CMS expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-for-Service will pay for during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). CMS… 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 ›
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 ›
MaineCare Provider Enrollment Fee to Increase to $595 on January 1, 2020
Application Fee for 2020 Press Release from Maine DHHS, MaineCare (Medicaid) Services: Effective January 1, 2020 in accordance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) application fee requirements, MaineCare’s provider enrollment application fee will increase to $595 per enrollment… Read More ›