• Read more about Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Online Training Available

There are no additional live trainings for EVV scheduled after April 25, 2024. Providers can request Ad Hoc EVV Training by emailing MihmsTraining@gainwelltechnologies.com to schedule a training.

Register for online trainings through Absorb: 

• Read more about Mills Administration Hosts 2024 Health Workforce Summit

With health care jobs rebounded from the pandemic, Maine Departments of Health and Human Services and Labor convene health care leaders and innovators to advance progress in recruiting and retaining workers

• Read more about Section 31, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) – Rate Determination Comment Summary with Department Response

In September of 2022, the Office of MaineCare Services initiated a rate determination process for Section 31, FQHCs, pursuant to MRS Title 22, §3173-J, to develop an alternative payment model in alignment with requirements identified in MRS Title 22, §3173-V. In March of 2023 MaineCare along with its vendor, Guidehouse Inc., hosted a

• Read more about Attention Section 101, Imaging Service Providers: REVISED Calendar Year 2024 Medicare Standardization Rates, CR 124059

In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revision of rates effective March 9, 2024, MaineCare has updated its Section 101 rates. These rates were implemented on April 17, 2024.

• Read more about Attention Section 95, Podiatry Service Providers: REVISED Calendar Year 2024 Medicare Standardization Rates, CR 124058

In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revision of rates effective March 9, 2024, MaineCare has updated its Section 95 rates. These rates were implemented on April 17, 2024.

Apr 4, 2024

Today marks six months since the tragedy in Lewiston on the evening of October 25, 2023. Since last October, Maine people, businesses, communities, and state government have come together to honor and remember those who died, and to begin walking the road to recovery.

• Read more about Maine DHHS Supports Recovery and Resiliency in Response to Lewiston Tragedy

• Read more about Taxonomy Code Requested on Claim Submissions – Portal Claims

The Office of MaineCare Services (OMS) is requesting that providers include the taxonomy code on all claims. The taxonomy code is necessary for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to collect data for Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) reporting. This data helps to inform states of their current standing in data quality as compared to other states and is crucial for research and policy on Medicaid and CHIP. The taxonomy is also used by  CMS to conduct program oversight, administration, and integrity.  

• Read more about Attention Primary Care Plus (PCPlus) Practices – The Final Week for All PCPlus Practices to Re-Certify or Apply Approaches

As a reminder, the PCPlus application period is currently open. The open application period runs through Friday, May 3, 2024. 

• Read more about Comment Deadline Extended: Section 25, Dental Services Benchmarking Results and Draft Rates

At the request of interested parties, MaineCare is extending the deadline for comments on the draft rates for Dental Services, from April 26, 2024, to May 3, 2024.  

Please see the presented materials in our original, April 16, 2024, notice. 

• Read more about Maine Achieves Record High Immunization Rates for School Children

Annual survey shows over 95 percent of children attending public and private schools have received required vaccines

AUGUSTA– The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) announced today that more than 95 percent of school-age children have received all required vaccines, the first year Maine has exceeded the “herd immunity” threshold since reporting began in 2011.