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Resolve, Regarding Reimbursement of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Codes under MaineCare
Sec. 1 Department of Health and Human Services to increase MaineCare reimbursement rates. Resolved: That, no later than October 1, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules in Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Sections 68 and 85 to increase reimbursement rates for occupational therapy and physical therapy services to no less than 70% of the federal Medicare reimbursement rate for these services as long as the rate is no lower than the rate reimbursed as of January 1, 2019.
Sec. 2 Routine technical rules. Resolved: That rules adopted pursuant to this resolve are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
SUMMARY
This resolve sets the reimbursement rates for occupational therapy and physical therapy services under the Department of Health and Human Services rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Sections 68 and 85 at 70% of the federal Medicare reimbursement rate as long as the rate is no lower than the rate in effect on January 1, 2019.