Use of Varenicline and Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Tobacco Cessation
Use of Varenicline and Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Tobacco Cessation
Use of Varenicline and Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Tobacco Cessation
Effective February 18, 2022, MaineCare covers the use of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapies prescribed together for tobacco cessation and will cover prescriptions for both products for a member, regardless of the member’s prescription history.
No Prior Authorization (PA) Needed for Insulin Used to Treat Gestational Diabetes
MaineCare will reimburse providers for Humulin and Novolin Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin for gestational diabetes without a PA when providers indicate pregnancy on the prescription.
No Prior Authorization (PA) Needed for Insulin Used to Treat Gestational Diabetes
MaineCare will reimburse providers for Humulin and Novolin Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin for gestational diabetes without a PA when providers indicate pregnancy on the prescription.
No Prior Authorization (PA) Needed for Insulin Used to Treat Gestational Diabetes
MaineCare will reimburse providers for Humulin and Novolin Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin for gestational diabetes without a PA when providers indicate pregnancy on the prescription.
Mills Administration Delivers Heating Cost Relief to 13,000 Low-Income Maine Families
Mar 3, 2022
Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is delivering additional help for low-income families to pay for this winter’s unusually high energy costs.
Residential Care Facility (PNMI Appendix C) Rate Letters
Attention Sections 67 and 97, Appendix C Providers
Date Extension for the Use of Funds you received in September and October of 2021 as COVID-19 Supplemental Long Term Care Payments.
DHHS Advances Support for Maine’s Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Feb 2, 2022
Today, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued new MaineCare payment rates to nursing facilities, to be followed shortly by rates for residential care facilities (Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMI), Appendix C), which increase funding by $12 million from January through June 2022. This includes the $4.5 million appropriated in the biennial budget for increasing rates, effective January 1, 2022, to support at least 125 percent of the minimum wage for direct care workers.