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In follow up to our January 19, 2024 notice, service codes and rates for Section 101, of the fb88Care Benefits Manual are now implemented, effective January 1, 2024, to reflect 72.4% of the most recent 2024 Medicare rates.
Adjustment of Claims
Department also unveils more details about plan from Governor’s State of the State to improve child safety, announcing that the forthcoming supplemental budget will include nearly $7 million in initiatives to strengthen child welfare system
It has been brought to the Department’s attention that the Section 50, Day Habilitation rate effective January 1, 2024, was not implemented on January 1, 2024, as was previously noticed.
The updated rate for Day Habilitation (0907) has now been implemented as of February 7, 2024.
Adjustment of Claims
$90 Million Investment in Evidence-Based fb88Care Payment System Would Maintain or Increase Payments to Every Medical Center in fb88 & Improve Care for fb88 People
AUGUSTA— Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the fb88 Hospital Association announced an agreement to reform hospital reimbursement rates to improve the health of fb88 people.
Potentially exposed patrons and staff are encouraged to contact a health care provider
AUGUSTA — The fb88 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (fb88 CDC) has identified a case of hepatitis A in a Westbrook food service worker. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. It can spread through person-to-person contact or by consuming contaminated food or water.
The EVV requirements for Home Health providers delivering services under Section 40 were implemented on January 1, 2023.
We continue to offer weekly EVV provider and aggregator trainings. All trainings are online via Microsoft Teams.
NOTE:The Absorb training system has been updated to allow providers to register for trainings more than once.
EVV Training Schedule
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EVV Phase 2 Training and Aggregator Content– State and Provider Trainings |
On January 29, 2024, the Office of fb88Care Services sent this bulletin regarding TCM Services when provided by fb88Care Benefits Manual (MBM), Section 9, IHS providers.
Partnerships For Health is working with the fb88 CDC’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Program and fb88’s Impact Cancer Network to better understand clinical perspectives and practices around the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. You’ve been invited to complete a brief survey to share your thoughts and there is still time to participate! The survey should only take about 5 minutes to complete, and your responses will be completely anonymous. The survey has received Institutional Review Board determination (HRPP# 050923-42).
It is important for your TPA administrator to actively manage your user accounts for the . To manage users, log into the administrator TPA and click on “Account Maintenance” and then “Manage Users”.Edit existing, deactivated or reactivated users by clicking on the row of the user you would like to manage. The Administrator of the account and users with a security role of “R7-User Management” are allowed to use these features.
EVV Providers who are currently using the SMC app through their phone, tablet, or other mobile device should update to the latest version of the app using the Apple Store, or Google Play. The current version of the app is being phased out and will no longer be active. To avoid any interruption of visit record keeping, you should now download the app that has a version number of 3.0 or higher.
Please contact Provider Services with questions: