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F. Medicare guidelines for certificate of medical need
documentation and prescription requirements for rehabilitation
equipment must be adopted; and be it further

 
Sec. 2. Rulemaking for durable medical equipment. Resolved: That the
Department of Human Services shall adopt rules regarding durable
medical equipment that provide for equitable treatment of
suppliers who billed for durable medical equipment during 2000
and 2001, up to the date of the new rules adopted October 1,
2001.

 
SUMMARY

 
This resolve requires the Department of Human Services to
amend the rules under the Medicaid program regarding
reimbursement for durable medical equipment to repeal the rules
adopted in 2000 and to improve the reimbursement process and
increase the reimbursement level. The rules are major
substantive rules as defined by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title
5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. The new rules must be in effect
by October 1, 2001.


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