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AUGUSTA -- The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today provided additional details on the impact from the termination of nearly $91 million in federal public health and behavioral health grants to Maine.
The termination of these grants, which was effective March 24, 2025, will have significant effects on essential public health services, as well as behavioral health and substance use disorder programs in Maine.
Mar 3, 2025
AUGUSTA -- The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today provided additional details on the impact from the termination of nearly $91 million in federal public health and behavioral health grants to Maine.
The termination of these grants, which was effective March 24, 2025, will have significant effects on essential public health services, as well as behavioral health and substance use disorder programs in Maine.
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.
Notice of MaineCare Reimbursement Methodology Change
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of MaineCare Services
SERVICES INCLUDED: Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Section 97, Private Non-Medical Institution, Appendix D, Principles of Reimbursement for Children's Residential Care Facilities: Temporary High Intensity Services
As previously announced in the December 2024 bulletin, the Department has initiated a rate determination process for Interpreter Services, Chapter I, Section 1, of the MaineCare Benefits Manual.
Last week, Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) shared a notice that we are applying for an 1115 waiver. The waiver's name is being updated from the "Maine Substance Use Disorder Care Initiative" to the "Maine's Whole Person Care Waiver." This wi
Mar 3, 2025
Maine’s DHHS is applying for an 1115 waiver. In this post, we’ll share the basics you need to know about what this waiver is, and why DHHS is applying for it.
A Medicaid 1115 waiver is a federal tool that allows states to test new approaches to delivering Medicaid services that would not normally be allowed under federal rules. These waivers allow states to test and measure the effectiveness of new policy approaches.
Please be aware our earlier notice contained an error. The forum will be held from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on April 14, 2025. Please see the corrected information below.
Public Review & Comment
On March 5, 2025, the Department shared the plans to temporarily hold certain MaineCare provider payments beginning with the payment cycle that ran on March 12, 2025. On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Legislature passed a budget bill which appropriated funds sufficient to pay MaineCare providers in full through the end of the