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Maine

Name of Medicaid Program(s) and number of people participating

The Maine program is known as Maine Medicaid or MaineCare.  It is administered by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Their website can be found here.  As of June 1, 2018, there were 262,000 individuals enrolled in the Maine Medicaid program.1

Expanding Medicaid?

Yes.

Health Insurance Marketplace (if applicable)/ State based, Partnership or Federally Facilitated Exchange? 

Federally facilitated Marketplace: www.healthcare.gov   

Health Information Exchange (if applicable)

Maine has established an HIE known as HealthInfoNet: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oms/HIT/hie.htm.  HealthInfoNet also serves as one of 60 Regional Extension Centers nationwide.  See also: http://www.hinfonet.org/resources  

APCD (if applicable) 

Maine has established an APCD known as the Maine Health Care Claims Database.  The database is maintained by the Maine Health Data Organization.

Featured Initiatives

 

Footnotes

  • 1. Maine Medicaid Enrollment totals for 2018.  Available at:  https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment/?state=ME