Nursing Home Telehealth – Nursing Facilities

Summary

This grant track ("Nursing Facilities") funds participating nursing facilities to adopt standardized telehealth workflows for timely specialty consultation, aiming to support up to 15 participating SNFs and up to 100 geriatric specialty/psychiatry consultations per month. The program focuses on connecting residents and care teams with specialty providers to help address workforce shortages and limited access to geriatric expertise, improve access to care, reduce avoidable emergency department visits and hospital transfers, and support aging in place. A separate, not-yet-open track on the same page ("Specialty Telehealth Service Provider," a Partner Service Agreement for telehealth vendors) has dates listed as TBD and is not covered by this record.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants must be nursing facilities operating in Maine and demonstrate organizational readiness for telehealth implementation, including technology readiness, workflow integration, staff training, resident participation, scheduling coordination, reporting, monitoring, evaluation, and quality improvement. Applicants must support resident privacy, consent, and HIPAA-compliant workflows, and maintain applicable state/federal licensure. Facilities must provide proof of Maine nursing facility licensure and may receive preference if serving rural, underserved, uninsured, and/or MaineCare populations.

Requirements Checklist

• Applicants must demonstrate technology readiness and capacity to implement telehealth, including integration into existing workflows, staff training, support for resident participation, scheduling coordination, data reporting, monitoring, evaluation, quality improvement, privacy, patient consent, HIPAA compliance, and hold required state licensure.