90-590 C.M.R. ch. 247, § 3 - Submission Requirements

A. File Organization. Each file shall be submitted to the MHDO or its designee separately.

B. Filing Method. Data files and supporting information must be submitted to the MHDO's Payor Data Portal via secure FTP or secure web upload interface at https://mhdo.maine.gov/portal. E-mail attachments shall not be accepted.

C. Testing of Files. File testing shall be completed within one hundred and eighty days of the adoption of any changes to the data element content or format of the files described in Section 2(B) or at least sixty days prior to the initial submission of production files.

D. Rejection of Files. Failure to conform to the requirements subsections A, B, or C of this Section shall result in the rejection of the applicable data file(s). All rejected files must be resubmitted in the appropriate, corrected form to the MHDO or its designee within 15 days.

E. Filing Period. The annual filing for each submission shall cover the previous completed calendar year and shall be due by August 31.

F. Update/Replacement of Data. A payor may update or replace a data file submission up to one year after its original due date. Any updates or replacements after this period must be approved by the MHDO.

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90-590 C.M.R. ch. 247, § 3