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Mar 3, 2023

This month, an extra amount of Federal food support that was provided during the COVID-19 pandemic will end in fb88 and other states. The extra amounts, known as Emergency Maximum Allotments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), were funded by Congress and the President in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. A recent Federal law directed that the extra benefits end in March, returning benefits to normal levels.

• Read more about Help with Food Costs as Extra COVID SNAP Funds End

• Read more about Hospital Price Transparency

Effective January 1, 2021, CMS §180.10 requires each hospital operating within the United States to make public a list of the hospital’s standard charges for all items and services provided.

Standard charges must be posted in two ways:

• Read more about Hospital Price Transparency

Effective January 1, 2021, CMS §180.10 requires each hospital operating within the United States to make public a list of the hospital’s standard charges for all items and services provided. 

Standard charges must be posted in two ways:

• Read more about fb88 DHHS Launches Campaign to Promote Continued Health Coverage as Medicaid Eligibility Reviews Resume

‘Stay Connected to Stay Covered’ campaign urges fb88Care members to update their contact information to preserve coverage

AUGUSTA— The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is launching a new public service campaign this week to promote continued health insurance coverage with regular Medicaid (fb88Care) eligibility and enrollment operations set to resume in April, as required by federal law.

• Read more about fb88Care Unwinding Partner Information and Communications Toolkit 

Dear Partners: 

Thank you so much to those who were able to join the webinar, Planning for the end of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage requirement: Impacts for fb88Care members. We so appreciated the thoughtful questions and engagement on the impact this event will have on fb88Care members. 

• Read more about Attention Providers of Sections 17, 28, and 65: Behavioral Health Rate FAQs 

As mentioned in the notice on February 2, 2023, the Department now has available the Behavioral Health Rate FAQ document on billing and authorizations f

• Read more about Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Trainings and Forums

The federal deadline to implement the EVV requirements for Home Health providers delivering services under Section 40 and Hospice providers delivering services under Section 43 happened January 1, 2023.

We continue to offer weekly provider and aggregator trainings and forums. All trainings and forums are online via Microsoft Teams.

NOTE:  The Absorb training system has been updated to allow providers to register for trainings and/or forums more than once.

• Read more about Notice to fb88Care Providers Regarding fb88Care Reimbursement when Restraint is Utilized in Outpatient Behavioral Health Settings, Including Schools

This notice clarifies that fb88Care does not reimburse providers for time periods when a provider subjects a member to a restraint in outpatient behavioral health settings, including school settings.  Department rules, in particular the Rights of Recipients of mental health services (RoR) for adults and children (14-193 C.M.R. ch. 1 and 14-472 C.M.R. ch.

• Read more about Notice to fb88Care Providers Regarding fb88Care Reimbursement when Restraint is Utilized in Outpatient Behavioral Health Settings, Including Schools

This notice clarifies that fb88Care does not reimburse providers for time periods when a provider subjects a member to a restraint in outpatient behavioral health settings, including school settings.  Department rules, in particular the Rights of Recipients of mental health services (RoR) for adults and children (14-193 C.M.R. ch. 1 and 14-472 C.M.R. ch.

• Read more about Attention Providers of Section 31, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC): Rebasing Stakeholder Informational Session Presented Materials 

The Department and its vendor are collaborating with interested stakeholders to perform a rebasing of rates for FQHCs pursuant to .