But “multi-state” has nothing to do with coverage. It’s a federal designation for plans approved to be sold in several states. “To say it could confuse consumers, I think, is an understatement,” Cioppa said. “Because the ‘multi-state’ plan we have in Maine is Anthem’s narrow-network plan and it does not provide coverage out of state.” […]
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Legislative committee looks at ways to address CDC document shredding
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee is looking at ways to prevent something like the Maine Center for Disease Control’s document-shredding scandal from happening again. The committee on Wednesday asked its Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, or OPEGA, to draft legislation to implement the recommendations made in 2009 by the Maine Commission […]
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CDC whistle-blower lawsuit adds defendants and plaintiff
A second employee is suing the Maine Center for Disease Control. A federal court judge ruled Friday that office manager Katie Woodbury can join the whistle-blower lawsuit filed by the former Maine CDC division director who first raised questions about document shredding within the department. The judge also allowed two more CDC officials — Deputy […]
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Clients decry Maine CDC changes to HIV/AIDS assistance
LEWISTON — When Jim Pombriant needed extra help buying food, he went to his case manager at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. He worked, so he didn’t need the help often, but proper nutrition is a big deal to people living with HIV or AIDS, especially someone who is 69 years old. He got a […]
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CDC cites Ebola concerns in warning against travel to West Africa
WASHINGTON — The outbreak of the extraordinarily lethal Ebola virus has worsened in West Africa, with the contagion showing no sign of coming under control, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday to warn Americans to avoid nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In addition to raising the health threat […]
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Committee takes action in state agency document-shredding probe
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee this week took steps to resolve its months-long document-shredding probe and to ensure the Maine Center for Disease Control’s shredding scandal doesn’t happen again to that department or any others in Maine. The Government Oversight Committee voted Thursday to: * Ask the Attorney General’s Office to form a task force […]
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Committee to notify AG of info in document-shredding probe
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee will formally notify the Maine Attorney General’s Office that there may have been wrongdoing by officials at the Maine Center for Disease Control. Members of the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to send a letter to the AG’s Office letting it know they’ve received information suggesting CDC officials […]
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Lawmakers seek LePage response to labor report
The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee decided Wednesday to stay involved in two government transparency issues — document shredding at the Maine Center for Disease Control and intervention by Gov. Paul LePage and Maine Labor Department officials into unemployment insurance hearings. Committee members agreed Wednesday morning to send a letter to the Maine Attorney General’s Office […]
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Top Maine DHHS official leaves agency to return to private sector
AUGUSTA — The chief operating officer for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is leaving his post to return to the private sector, according a spokesman for the agency. According to DHHS spokesman John Martins, William Boeschenstein Jr. of Cape Elizabeth, who served with DHHS since March 2011, will be replaced by Sam […]
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Former CDC official must give up medical info in whistle-blower suit
AUGUSTA — A former Maine Center for Disease Control division director who has filed a federal whistle-blower lawsuit against the Maine Department of Health and Human Services must hand over more than three years worth of her diaries, medical records and mental health records, as well as the names of any doctor or mental health […]