MaineCare DME provider bonds.
$1,000 flat.
To enroll as a durable medical equipment provider in MaineCare (Maine’s Medicaid program), the Office of MaineCare Services requires a $50,000 surety bond standing behind the program against overpayments. Ours is $1,000 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, identical for every provider. Issued when you pay.
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How much does a MaineCare DME provider bond cost?
$1,000 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to enrolled.
Your MaineCare DME enrollment is waiting on this bond. Here’s the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with your enrollment
Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond ready to submit with your MaineCare DME provider enrollment. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the program insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
MaineCare is Maine’s Medicaid program, administered by the Office of MaineCare Services within the Department of Health and Human Services. Durable medical equipment (DME) providers — companies that supply wheelchairs, oxygen, hospital beds, CPAP machines and the like — bill the program for that equipment, and a surety bond stands behind those billings.
The bond is a $50,000 financial guarantee for the benefit of the Office of MaineCare Services: if the program overpays a provider, or a provider bills improperly and owes the program money it does not repay, MaineCare can recover against the bond. It mirrors the federal Medicare DMEPOS bonding requirement that applies to the same kind of supplier.
It is a three-party guarantee, not insurance for you: if MaineCare recovers on the bond, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for as long as you are enrolled as a DME provider — we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & file with your enrollment. Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond ready to submit with your MaineCare DME provider enrollment. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the program insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $1,000 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Your MaineCare enrollment is waiting on one document.
$1,000 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.