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
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
DHHS Promotes Electronic Rx Use
10/24/2008
Bonus Pay for E Prescribing
10/24/2008
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
Guidelines for Consumer-Focused Public Reporting
07/21/2008
MNH Summer 2008 Newsletter
07/14/2008
CORRECTION: Micmac Offering
05/30/2008
MNH Spring 2008 Newsletter
04/16/2008
EBPA/CBA NPI Requirement
04/14/2008
Grant to help fight chronic Illnesses
04/12/2008
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
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