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The goal of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program (EPSDT) is to ensure that individual children get the right care to the right child at the right time in the right setting.
There are two ways the EPSDT program can be utilized:
Providing Routine Primary Care and Preventative Services
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of MaineCare Services
SERVICES INCLUDED: Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce that Paul Saucier has been appointed as Director of the Office of Aging and Disability Services. Saucier comes to the Department with extensive aging and disability experience nationally and locally. He has done oversight work in Maine's developmental disabilities system, worked for the Legislature's Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, and directed the Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service.
Providers have asked how to request an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) authorization midway through services that have already been approved under MaineCare policy. Below is the process to request an EPSDT authorization in conjunction with an active service:
Providers have asked how to request an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) authorization midway through services that have already been approved under MaineCare policy. Below is the process to request an EPSDT authorization in conjunction with an active service:
The recent Behavioral Health Support and Crisis Services System Analysis Report Stakeholder Meeting recording is now available on our website.
The Office of Aging and Disability Services has published its first issue of a quarterly newsletter, Aging and Disability Connections .
The newsletter can be found on our website (PDF).
Ensuring that Maine people with age-related, physical, behavioral, intellectual, and cognitive health needs have access to high-quality care that supports independence is vital to Governor Mills' vision for improving Maines health care system.
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides home and community-based services to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD, ORC), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and brain injury primarily through MaineCare-funded programs. These are often called waiver programs because they operate with special exceptions from the federal government and are referred to by their Section number, which is where they can be found in the MaineCare rules.