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As of yesterday, February 1, 2023, updated rates, modifiers and/or units for Sections 28 and 65 are now available for billing in MIHMS. These changes will be effective retroactive to January 1, 2023, and result from our recent rate studies conducted in relation to P.L. 2021 Ch. 398, Pt. AAAA; Ch. 635, Pt JJJ; and Ch. 639. New rates will apply only to services provided on or after January 1, 2023.
MaineCare has adjusted reimbursement rates retroactive to January 1, 2023 for Nursing Facilities and Residential Care Facilities (PNMI, Appendix C) in accordance with P.L. 2021 Ch. 398, Part AAAA in order to continue to enable providers to cover labor costs for essential support workers to at least 125% of the minimum wage.
The federal deadline to implement the EVV requirements for Home Health providers delivering services under Section 40 and Hospice providers delivering services under Section 43 happened January 1, 2023.
We continue to offer weekly provider and aggregator trainings and forums. All trainings and forums are online via Microsoft Teams.
NOTE: The Absorb training system has been updated to allow providers to register for trainings and/or forums more than once.
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Child care access and integration with early childhood education increased significantly in Maine between 2019 and 2022, according to a new analysis and report by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).
The Psychology Department of Riverview Psychiatric Center (RPC) welcomes your application to join us for your internship year. RPC provides state-of-the-art training for doctoral interns and is well suited to preparing psychologists to meet the demanding needs of an ever-evolving mental healthcare system.
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On Monday, November 7, 2022, Kepro upgraded their web-based platform to Atrezzo Next Generation (ANG). The ANG platform is an improved interface with enhanced security features such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
As part of the ANG upgrade, Kepro’s Create a Case Wizard Enhancement will improve user experience by guiding the user through submitting a request in a step-by-step manner, rather than requiring the user to expand individual ribbons to input information.