MaineCare Bulletins

Date Title Topic
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Provider Enrollment Presentation Follow-Up and Progress Update General, All Services
Section 101, Medical Imaging Services: Medicare Standardization Rates Implemented for Calendar Year 2024 (CY24) CR 122712 ​ Specialty Services
​Updated Billing Guidance for the Alternate Payment Methodology (APM) for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) Primary Care and Care Coordination
​Updated January 1, 2023 Behavioral Health Rate Adjustments FAQs Regarding Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Behavioral Health (BH)
​Primary Care Plus (PCPlus) and Community Health Worker Overview Webinar​ General, All Services, Primary Care and Care Coordination
​Standing Order for Dispensing COVID-19 At Home Tests to MaineCare Beneficiaries Retail Pharmacies
Section 45, Hospital Service Providers: Public Forum Draft Reimbursement Methods Hospital & Clinic Services
Taxonomy Code Requested on Claim Submissions General, All Services
​Attention Section 50, Intermediate Care Facilities: Reprocessing of Day Habilitation Claims - CR 122772               Long Term Care Services
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
EVV Providers – Update to Latest Version of the Sandata Mobile Connect (SMC) App Long Term Services and Supports
Provider Responsibility for Managing Users in My HealthPAS Trading Partner Accounts (TPA) General, All Services
Attention Providers: Survey Available on the Correlation Between Alcohol and Cancer General, All Services
Update: ​Targeted Case Management (TCM) Services Provided by Indian Health Services (IHS)​ Primary Care and Care Coordination
Provider Enrollment National Provider Identifier (NPI) Entry Enhancement, CR 122156 General, All Services
Sections 15, 75, 109 and 95, Calendar Year 2024 (CY24) Medicare Standardization Rates Implemented, CRs 122519, 122524, 122526 General, All Services
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal, Chapters II and III, Section 23, Developmental and Behavioral Health Clinic Services Not in use, State & Federal Policy
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
340B Program Overview General, All Services
Targeted Case Management (TCM) Services Provided by Section 9, Indian Health Services (IHS) Primary Care and Care Coordination
Training Opportunity Available for Section 19 Home and Community Based Services for Older and Disabled Adult Caregivers Long Term Services and Supports
Reminder: Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Compliance Form Instructions for Waiver Services Provider General, All Services
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 4th Edition Release Behavioral Health (BH)
Attention Section 14, Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) and Section 90, Physician Services: 2024 Anesthesiology Rate Updates, CR 122923 Hospital & Clinic Services, Primary Care and Care Coordination
Updated January 1, 2023, Behavioral Health Rate Adjustments FAQs Regarding Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Behavioral Health (BH)
Issue Corrected: Attention Section 67 Providers – Members Coverage Inadvertently End-Dated in MIHMS Long Term Care Services
Attention Providers: New Ways to Connect Your Patients to Mental Health Care General, All Services
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
​​Comment Deadline Extended: Mobile Crisis Response Teams, Draft Service Model and Rates​ Behavioral Health (BH)
Provider Enrollment Presentation Session Materials​ General, All Services
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, MaineCare Benefits Manual Chapter II, Section 29 Not in use, State & Federal Policy
Medicare Standardization Rate Updates for Calendar Year 2024 (CY24) General, All Services
Quarterly Physician Drug Code Update General, All Services
Section 60, Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Supplies: Annual Rate Adjustment Specialty Services
Attention Providers: Please Respond to Enrollment Cases That Need More Information (NMI) General, All Services
1115 Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Waiver Mid-Point Assessment Stakeholder Listening Session Behavioral Health (BH)
Recoupment of Claim Payments for Non-Covered Services Processed Under the COVID-19 Uninsured Benefit After the End of the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) General, All Services
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Attention Providers: New Ways to Connect Your Patients to Mental Health Care General, All Services
MaineCare Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 43, Hospice Services, and Chapter III, Section 43, Allowances for Hospice Services (repeal) Not in use, State & Federal Policy
Attention Section 65 Behavioral Health Providers: Draft Service Model and Rates Presented Materials for Mobile Crisis Response Teams Behavioral Health (BH)
Update to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccination Claims Guidance General, All Services
Indian Health Services (IHS) Rate Update for Calendar Year 2024 (CY24) Primary Care and Care Coordination
MaineCare Notice of Agency Major Substantive Rulemaking Provisional Adoption, Chapter III, Section 29 Not in use, State & Federal Policy
Section 23, Developmental and Behavioral Evaluation Clinic Services: Foster Care Comprehensive Health Assessment - Comment Summary and Final Draft Rates Behavioral Health (BH)
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings Long Term Services and Supports
Attention Providers: The Most Current Guidelines for Asthma Diagnosis and Management Primary Care and Care Coordination
​Attention Providers: Survey Available on the Correlation Between Alcohol and Cancer General, All Services
Attention Section 67 Providers – Members Coverage Inadvertently End-Dated in MIHMS Long Term Care Services