BRIDGTON — A citizens’ group says Central Maine Healthcare is failing the Lakes Region and it’s publicly calling for the health system to give up Bridgton Hospital and affiliated medical practices so they can be taken over by someone else. The Pondicherry Group has 18 core members, including a former Bridgton Hospital executive, a retired […]
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Central Maine Healthcare to open walk-in clinic
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare is opening a walk-in clinic in Bridgton, and more projects may be coming. The clinic will share a building with North Bridgton Family Practice at 14 Wyonegonic Road, off Route 37. Patients don’t need to have a relationship with the practice, Bridgton Hospital or CMHC in order to attend the […]
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Rumford, Bridgton hospitals get new president
LEWISTON — Five months after the head of Rumford and Bridgton hospitals resigned amid turmoil among those hospitals and Central Maine Healthcare, their parent organization, Rumford and Bridgton have a new leader. Central Maine Healthcare officials announced Thursday that Peter J. Wright, 46, will take over as president starting in mid-March. “I feel strongly that the key […]
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Bridgton, Rumford hospitals honored among nation’s top rural hospitals
LEWISTON — Bridgton and Rumford hospitals have been named among the best rural hospitals in the country. The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that tracks health care safety, quality and value, this week named the two hospitals to its 2018 list of top rural hospitals in the United States. Seventeen made the list nationally, […]
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King named medical director at CMH
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare announces Dr. Richard King has been hired as medical director for trauma in a joint appointment with Massachusetts General Hospital. King, a dual board-certified surgeon, started practicing at Central Maine Medical Center recently. CMMC, a designated Level 2 Trauma Center for the state, will benefit from King’s joint appointment with […]
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Tax filing: Retiring Lewiston CEO got bonus despite hospital woes
New 2016 documents also show past financial troubles, spending cuts and salaries at CMMC parent. LEWISTON — When longtime CEO Peter Chalke retired in 2016 from Central Maine Healthcare, its flagship hospital was millions of dollars in the red and Medicare penalized it for the first time for having infection and complication rates that were […]
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CMHealthcare, CMOrthopedics enter agreement
LEWISTON — Mainers’ access to orthopedic care will increase with a new relationship between Central Maine Healthcare and Central Maine Orthopedics, a member of Spectrum Healthcare Partners, CMH announced Oct. 29. The agreement reached last month increases capacity for Spectrum’s Central Maine Orthopedics practice in Auburn, whose providers already offer orthopedic care at Central Maine […]
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Leading GI specialist joins Central Maine Healthcare
LEWISTON — Dr. Sean McGarr, a gastroenterologist who is considered a leading provider in Maine and has been honored for his advanced endoscopic therapy, has joined Central Maine Healthcare as a medical director. McGarr recently practiced at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta. He will join CMH next month as medical director for gastroenterology and endoscopy. […]
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CMMC certified for orthopedic care
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center has been certified by the Joint Commission for quality of care in an array of orthopedic services, the hospital announced recently. The certification recognizes CMMC for providing the highest quality of patient care and safety. The areas of excellence highlighted in the certification are total hip replacement, total knee replacement, […]
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Central Maine Healthcare hopes Topsham Care Center can lower patient costs
TOPSHAM — A one-stop-shopping health care center that’s being called the first of its kind in Maine is opening at the Topsham Fair Mall, but is there enough demand for such services in the area outside of the hospital setting? When Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare unveiled its plans for the Topsham Care Center, the promise […]