• Read more about Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Webinar Learning Series – Women, Infant & Children (WIC) 101

Maine CDC Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs invites you to join us for an insightful webinar about the basics of WIC. This webinar will provide a general overview of the services offered by WIC and how they can be accessed.  

At the end of this presentation, participants will:

• Understand who is eligible for WIC services
• Be able to identify the four WIC services
• Know the difference between WIC and Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) 

When: April 1, 2025, 3:30 - 4:30 PM

• Read more about Section 4, Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Rates Implemented, CR 129907

We implemented new rates for Section 4, ASCs retroactively to January 1, 2025.

You may view the updated fee schedule on the rate setting page of the Health PAS Online Portal.

Adjusting Claims   

• Read more about Anesthesiology Rate Updates: Section 14, Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and Section 90, Physicians, CR 129353

Effective January 1, 2025, MaineCare updated the Anesthesiology conversion factors for Sections 14 and 90 of the MaineCare Benefits Manual. You may view the updated fee schedules on the rate setting wepage of the Health PAS Online Portal.                                                 

• Read more about Revised Rates: Sections 68, 85 and 109, CRs 129558, 129513, 129352

We implemented new rates for Sections 68, 85 and 109 retroactively to January 1, 2025.

You may view the updated fee schedules on the rate setting page of the Health PAS Online Portal.

Adjusting Claims

• Read more about MaineCare Rate Reform Expert Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) Consultation: Draft CY2025 Rate Determination Schedule Presented Materials and Proposed Schedule

On March 14, 2025, we held the Annual Draft Rate Determination Schedule Consultation with the TAP which was open to the public.

• Read more about Clone of Division of Licensing and Certification

The Division of Licensing & Certification (DLC) provides regulatory oversight of medical and long-term care facilities in Maine. This includes oversight of the CNA registry, criminal background checks for employers to ensure staff are safe to care for our vulnerable citizens, and investigations into allegations of unsafe practices/events in facilities as diverse as hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes.

• Read more about 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 332; MaineCare Eligibility Manual – Part 9: LIMITED BENEFIT GROUPS and Chart 3.8: Premiums for Special Benefits Waiver [Maine Section 1115 Health Care Reform Demonstration for Individuals with HIV/AIDS] MaineCare Rule #312P – Part 9

10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 332; MaineCare Eligibility Manual – Part 9: LIMITED BENEFIT GROUPS and Chart 3.8: Premiums for Special Benefits Waiver [Maine Section 1115 Health Care Reform Demonstration for Individuals with HIV/AIDS]

MaineCare Rule #312P – Part 9 and Chart 3.8 Premium Updates

• Read more about 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 331; Public Assistance Manual Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Manual, Chapter II TANF Rule #124 – COFA Update

10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 331; Public Assistance Manual Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Manual, Chapter II

TANF Rule #124 – COFA Update

PRINCIPAL REASON(S) OR PURPOSE FOR PROPOSING THIS RULE: 

• Read more about Vital Records Fees; 10-146 CMR Ch. 7

Maine's Department of Health and Human Services Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is proposing this rule to coincide with the expiration of the rule adopted on an emergency basis (effective January 31, 2025), ensuring the additional $5.00 for burial-transit permits issued in Maine remains in rule as required by Public Law 2023, Chapter 677, 4.

• Read more about Transportation, Storage and Final Disposition of Dead Bodies; 10-146 CMR Ch. 1

The Department is proposing these changes to amend Chapter 1 and hold public comment, so that adoption of this non-emergency rule may coincide with the expiration of the emergency rule, which became effective January 31, 2025.