Maine Network for Health is a provider-owned organization with a contracted provider network of 12 hospitals and almost 800 physicians practicing in Maine.
'Collaborating for Success' Workshop Series - 2009 Schedule
10-24-2008
The 2009 schedule for the WebEx workshop series sponsored by Maine Network for Health. For more information or to register call 942-2844 or email m.aldebron@mainenetwork.org. More details
Medicare Recovery Audits Piloted
10-24-2008
In the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
of 2003 (MMA), Congress directed CMS to conduct a 3-year demonstration using recovery audit contractors (RACs) to detect and correct improper payments in the Medicare FFS program. More details
Martin's Point Launches New Reimbursement Model
10-24-2008
Martin's Point has initiated a new Comprehensive Payment Model for primary care providers in their USFHP and Generations Advantage networks. More details
Policy makers, payers, prescribers look to electronic presecribing as step toward national e-health. More details
CMS Pays Out for PQRI
10-24-2008
The first payments under the Medicare Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) have been awarded. More details
CIGNA Updates Fee Schedule
10-24-2008
CIGNA has announced that it has performed its annual update on the Maine Physician Fee Schedule, which affects all practices contracted with CIGNA through MNH. More details
Study On E.D. Use
10-24-2008
The Governor has called for a special study to examine hospital emergency department use in Maine. Their report is expected by the end of the year.
A pilot is being launched by the Maine Quality Forum, Quality Counts, and the Maine Health Management Coalition to explore payment and reporting methods to support the PCP practice model being called the "Patient Centered Medical Home" (PCMH). More details
Open Enrollment for Medicare Advantage Plans
10-24-2008
"Medicare Advantage" is the private-insurer option for Medicare enrollees. It is not a Medicare Supplement (which covers items like deductibles that Medicare does not cover), and it is not solely the Part D prescription drug coverage plans offered to Medicare enrollees. More details
Bangor doctor touts new diagnostic technology
08-23-2008
A BDN article highlights Dr. Charles Burger's experience with Problem Knowledge Couplers. More details
Guidelines for Consumer-Focused Public Reporting
07-21-2008
Guidelines for Consumer-Focused Public Reporting:
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued for comment "Guidelines for Consumer-Focused Public Reporting" for hospital quality measures. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance for Internet-based public reporting of hospital quality information. The NQF Steering Committee is recommending seven guidelines for NQF endorsement focused on topics such as identifying the audience, presenting and explaining the data, and evaluating and improving the data display. More details
MNH is offering this Amendment for participation under the terms of the MNH Provider Agreement. We are conveying the terms of this offering from the Program. If providers elect to participate in the offering as described in the enclosed Attachments, then they do not need to notify MNH. If they choose to “opt out” of this Agreement, please notify us in writing no later than July 1, 2008. More details
EBPA/CBA has annouced that they are requireing all claims to contain the Provider's NPI (National Provider Identification) as of May 23, 2008. This is the notification letter received by MNH. More details
Grant to help fight chronic Illnesses
04-12-2008
Bangor Daily News 4/12/08 -
An effort to develop a countrywide approach to dealing with chronic illnesses got a boost Wednesday with a $180,000 federal grant. More details
Aetna, Cigna to pay physicians for virtual office visits
04-11-2008
4/1/08
Aetna and Cigna have announced they will pay physicians for online visits with patients, a service they believe will "improve efficiency and might prevent more expensive problems," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. More details
Launch of Maine Health Exchange Draws National Attention
CIGNA has agreed to terms with the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) that describes and limits its Provider Rating & Tiering programs (called CIGNA Care Network or CCN) and establishes an independent oversight agency to assure CIGNA's programs are acceptable. More details
MNH Contract Data Form
01-07-2008
Maine Network for Health is in the process of changing databases and we are taking this opportunity to confirm critical information about our members. More details
Vision, Principles and Values, and Goals and Objectives More details
Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Down 10%
11-28-2007
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed 2008 payment changes for physician services have been published in the Federal Register. More details
Medicare is taking new steps to speed the adoption of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) by offering incentive payments to physicians and other eligible professionals who use the technology. More details
