Proposed rate changes alarm Maine mental health care providers
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Providers of mental health services are facing major changes in how much they are paid for services they offer to thousands of mentally ill Mainers who rely on publicly funded MaineCare health insurance.
Preliminary proposals by a consultant hired by the Department of Health and Human Services to examine its rate structure include both reductions and increases, depending on the service. But providers say the net financial effect would be negative.
“We are reeling from that proposal,” said Mary Lou Dyer, director of the Maine Association of Community Service Providers. “We are still going through the details.”
Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said the rate study is part of an effort to make sure taxpayer-funded services cost what they should.
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