MaineCare Updates: Preparing for the End of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) 

May 16, 2023

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government declared a PHE and relaxed certain requirements to ensure Medicaid members could continue to access healthcare services. The federal government has declared that the PHE will end on May 11, 2023.   

Starting May 12, 2023, some billing flexibilities and how MaineCare members access health care services will revert to how they were administered prior to the declaration of the PHE.   

We are working to update our COVID-19 and End of PHE webpage with current information concerning the end of the PHE and will send notifications as we make updates.  

We have recently added or updated the following documents:  

• Flexibilities Continuing: After the End of PHE (PDF) - May 16, 2023

• End of PHE Guidance for Behavioral Health (PDF) - May 16, 2023

• End of PHE Guidance for Long Term Services and Supports (PDF) - May 16, 2023

Questions?    

To support MaineCare providers through this transitional period, MaineCare developed a provider-only e-mail box to submit questions related to the end of the PHE.