The Maine Department of Health and Human Services initiated a process Wednesday that may lead to stricter oversight of the MaineCare program, which state and national Republicans have pushed for over several months.
Lead Maine, a group run by Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), submitted more than 3,500 signatures to initiate the rulemaking process in June. The two changes the organization is proposing would reinstate in-person inspections of MaineCare providers, which Libby said were commonplace before the pandemic, and require the state to place payments to providers suspected of improper billing into an interest-bearing escrow account until investigations are complete.
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Read the full piece by Eesha Pendharkar on Maine Morning Star.