Large elder-care provider to end services
MAS Home Care of Maine, one of the state's largest elder-care providers, is ending home care services for roughly 1,000 clients by the end of the month, but its nine other programs will not be impacted.
Citing two anonymous sources familiar with the program, the Portland Press Herald reported that the company’s decision is likely the result of low MaineCare reimbursement rates, which are lower than what similar agencies get paid elsewhere in New England. Ken Johnson, the agency’s CEO and president, told the newspaper it was a “business decision.”
Apart from the approximately 1,000 clients who will have to find a new provider, the end of MAS Home Care’s services in Maine is expected to impact about 300 part-time employees. Johnson said the agency is working on a plan to transition employees to other agencies.
The company said in a statement that the decision to end its home care service does not impact the company's nine other programs, including behavioral and mental health services, support for homeless children and adults, pediatric home health care and per-diem health care staffing. The company's eight Maine offices will remain open.
This article has been updated to clarify that the company's other programs have not been impacted.
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