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About the Board"For the Protection of the Health, Safety and Welfare of the Public." The Board of Licensure in Medicine is the state agency responsible for protecting the health and safety of the public by determining who may be licensed for medical practice in this state and by regulating the medical practice of those licensees. The members of the Board are appointed by the Governor. The Board is composed of both physician and non-physician representatives of the public. All members must have been Maine residents for at least five years at the time of their appointment and the physician members must have been licensed and actively practicing medicine in the state. The Board employs its own administrative and investigative staff and is provided with the legal and investigative staff by the Maine Department of Attorney General. Important Information Regarding State Government Closure:The Board offices will be closed on Monday, July 6th, 2009 due to the 2010-2011 Biennial State Budget, Public Law 2009, Chapter 213, Part SSS. This is the first of 10 closure days between July 1, 2009 and Jun 30, 2010. Webinar News:Webinars are being offered this summer to provide information on registration and use of the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) web portal. The time will be 12:00 PM on July 8th, August 4th, and September 3rd. The target audience would be clinicians and anyone interested in promoting registration and use of the site among clinicians. The first session will include an introduction to the web site, step-by-step instructions on registering, step-by-step instructions on running a patient history report, and time for questions and answers. Detailed information on how to log on to the Webinar will be provided to people who sign up for the sessions by emailing Daniel J. Eccher, MPH at daniel.eccher@maine.gov . These sessions will be posted to OSA’s web site (www.maine.gov/dhhs/osa), the Maine Prevention Calendar ( www.mainepreventioncalendar.org), and to www.maine.gov/pmp. Scam Alert:CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has become aware of a scam where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). The fax instructs physician staff to respond to a questionnaire to provide an account information update within 48 hours in order to prevent a gap in Medicare payments. The fax may have the CMS logo and/or the contractor logo to enhance the appearance of authenticity. Medicare FFS providers, including physicians, non-physician practitioners, should be wary of this type of request. If you receive a request for information in the manner described above, please check with your contractor before submitting any information. Medicare providers should only send information to a Medicare contractor using the address found in the download section of the CMS website found at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNGenInfo/ or http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll . Online renewals are available for MDsOur Online Renewal process is available. MDs with licenses due for renewal can now renew their license by going to: www.maine.gov/online/doclicensing When an MD license is due for renewal, licensees will be receiving a postcard like this sample (Below) notifying them that their license is due to expire. Be sure to look out (or have your staff look out) for your renewal notice postcard!
Physician prescribing information: “OPT OUT”The 2007 Legislature established a state-sponsored “opt out” process for physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to prevent access to practitioner specific prescribing data, through the Maine Health Data Organization. (P.L. 2007, Chapter 460) Prescribers seeking confidentiality protection with the Maine Health Data Organization to prohibit carriers, pharmacies, and prescription drug information intermediaries from licensing, using, selling, or exchanging for value prescription drug information for any marketing purpose that identifies those prescribers are required to complete an electronic form. The link to the site is: http://mhdo.maine.gov/imhdo/prescriberoptoutintro.aspx [This notice allows the board to provide notice and access to the registration site, and allows registration, but does not allow DHHS to enforce the reporting requirements of the law due to an existing order enjoining enforcement of § 1711-E(2-A) issued by the Federal District Court for the District of Maine.]
If you would prefer a hard copy of any PDF file on this site, please contact us at : Board of Licensure in Medicine Contact the Board's Webmaster in you have any questions or concerns about this website. For Licensing or Discipline questions or concerns, contact our licensure and discipline specialists listed here. Contact List. Complaints against Nursing Homes or Hospitals in Maine- please call 1-800-383-2441 Home Health Care Agencies - Licensing & Certification, questions & complaints - please call 1-800-621-8222
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