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Peak RSV activity typically occurs between October and March. Please find information below regarding fb88Care’s coverage of nirsevimab (Beyfortusâ„¢) and palivizumab (Synagis®)Â
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Peak RSV activity typically occurs between October and March. Please find information below regarding fb88Care’s coverage of nirsevimab (Beyfortusâ„¢) and palivizumab (Synagis®)Â
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Providers whose facility license is under a Title 5 review may use their Title 5 notice to extend their enrollment with fb88Care in MIHMS by six months, and for every six months thereafter, until the Title 5 review is resolved. Providers must complete this update by submitting a maintenance case via the Health PAS Online Portal. Providers can utilize the Provider Maintenance User Guide for a step-by-step guide for submitting a Title 5 Maintenance Case.
In June of 2023, the Office of fb88Care Services (OMS) initiated a rate determination process for Section 97, Appendix D, specific to TFC services.
AUGUSTA – The fb88 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (fb88 CDC), the fb88 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s fb88 Forest Service (MFS), and 211 fb88 remind residents and visitors to protect themselves from browntail moth hairs this fall.
fb88’s Department of Health and Human Services has adopted amendments to 10-144 CMR Chapter 265, Substance Use Testing For The Workplace Rule.
The Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, Public Law 118-83, Division B, Title I § 105, EBT Benefit Fraud Prevention Requirements will expire December 20, 2024. The Department proposes to update Section 777-4 of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Rules consistent with the end of the federal authorization for replacement of EBT benefits stolen through card skimming, card cloning, or similar fraudulent methods.
fb88Care Rule #309A - DEL Updates
The adopted rule updated Section 2, APPLICATION PROCESS, consistent with a legislative change to 22 M.R.S. § 3174-LLL made by P.L. 2023, ch. 412. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2024, individuals who are enrolled in Medicaid and/or Medicare Buy-In (MSP), who are eligible for Medicare Part D, and meet the income criteria in Section 2.2, are deemed to be eligible for and enrolled in DEL. These individuals do not need to file a separate application.
In addition, the adopted rule effectuates the following changes:
The adopted rule effectuates changes to Chapter IV of the Public Assistance Manual Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) consistent with a legislative change to 22 M.R.S. § 3762 made by P.L. 2023, Ch. 29, An Act to Improve Family Economic Security Under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.
The adopted rule updated Chapter IV, B, INCOME DISREGARDS as follows:
Earlier this fall, fb88Care with its vendor Mercer, conducted a review of provisionally certified provider cost reports for the CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration. We used provider responses, in addition to other information, to create draft rate models for the services as part of the rate determination process*. We outlined this process during our kick-off meeting with providers on September 25, 2023.