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Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, MaineCare Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: 10-144 C.M.R., Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual (MBM), Chapter II, Section 71, National Diabetes Prevention Program
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Department also launches dedicated web page with resources for health providers
AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that it is deploying volunteer health care personnel through Maine Responds, Maine’s health volunteer system, to provide behavioral health support and staff respite support to Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston following last Wednesday’s tragedy.
In the coming weeks, MaineCare will update the administration fee for the 2023-2024 commercial COVID-19 vaccines to $39.11, to align with Medicare reimbursements. This change will be retroactive to September 11, 2023.
The Office of MaineCare Services implemented a systems enhancement to automate updates to the licensure of rendering providers. Historically, providers have needed to submit a maintenance case to update the license expiration date for their already enrolled rendering providers. MaineCare’s MIHMS system will now automatically update a MaineCare-enrolled rendering provider’s license expiration date against the State of Maine’s Agency License Management System (ALMS).
Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, MaineCare Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 101, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter I, Section 4, Telehealth Services
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This adopted rule makes the following changes:
12/13/2023
As previously shared in our October 16, 2023 provider bulletin, certain Appendix K flexibilities for sections 18, 21, and 29 will continue beyond November 11, 2023. MaineCare expects the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to approve the corresponding 1915(c) waiver amendments necessary to make these changes permanent in the coming months.
As previously shared in our October 16, 2023 provider bulletin, certain Appendix K flexibilities for sections 18, 21, and 29 will continue beyond November 11, 2023. MaineCare expects the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to approve the corresponding 1915(c) waiver amendments necessary to make these changes permanent in the coming months.
As previously shared in our October 16, 2023 provider bulletin, certain Appendix K flexibilities for sections 18, 21, and 29 will continue beyond November 11, 2023. MaineCare expects the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to approve the corresponding 1915(c) waiver amendments necessary to make these changes permanent in the coming months.
Adopted rule changes amend 10-144 CMR ch. 265, formerly entitled Drug Testing Laboratory Rules, to be consistent with updates to the Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) best practices and statute (26 MRS ch. 7, subch. 3-A -Substance Use Testing). The adopted rule is consistent with the proposed rule. Changes include: 1) updates to protocols in Section 2 of the rule specific to the collection of hair, oral fluids and sweat patches for drugs; 2) revised cut-off levels for substance-use tests to be consistent with current levels established by the U.S.