LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare, parent company of Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, has hired a Tennessee health care executive to oversee the operations and business development of the Bridgton and Rumford hospitals. Robert “Rob” Slattery joins CMH as former CEO and president of Integrated Solutions Health Network, a subsidiary of […]
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Central Maine Healthcare says no to Bates Mill, lays off 28
LEWISTON — In response to continued revenue losses, Central Maine Healthcare officials announced Thursday that the organization is dropping plans for a project at Bates Mill No. 5, while also laying off 28 employees at the hospital. President and CEO Jeff Brickman said the move was in response to “uncertainty” in the health care industry, […]
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Central Maine Healthcare names Thompson as CFO
LEWISTON — David Thompson is the new chief financial officer for Central Maine Healthcare beginning Jan. 30. Thompson comes to CMH from Centura Health in Englewood, Colorado, where he served as a chief financial officer since 2003. During his tenure at Centura, he also worked alongside Jeff Brickman, CMH’s new president and chief executive officer. He holds […]
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Changes possible for Central Maine Healthcare
LEWISTON — Facing shortfall, uncertainty and a community in need, one of the area’s largest employers and providers of medical care is looking “deep” into its operation and preparing to make decisions to ensure its long-term future. Three months after joining Central Maine Healthcare, CEO Jeff Brickman has hired an Illinois-based consulting firm to help […]
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New Central Maine Healthcare CEO looks forward to leading
LEWISTON — Growing up, Jeff Brickman tagged along on house calls with his grandfather, carrying the man’s doctor bag as his grandfather tended to immigrant families in greater Boston. He watched his grandmother, who served as an Army nurse, help with his grandfather’s medical practice. He sat in the physican’s lounge while his surgeon father […]
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Central Maine HealthCare names Jeff Brickman as CEO
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare went outside the company — and the state — to find its next president and CEO. The Central Maine Healthcare board of directors on Wednesday named Jeff Brickman as the group’s next president and chief executive officer. “Following a thorough search and interview process, the board unanimously endorsed Jeff Brickman as […]
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CMHC, CMMC have $13M claim in Parkview bankruptcy
BRUNSWICK — Parkview Adventist Medical Center, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection June 15, owes upward of $13 million to Central Maine Healthcare Corp. and its affiliate, Central Maine Medical Center, court documents show. Parkview contends that CMHC does not have an enforceable security interest in its assets, including court-approved cash collateral, because a […]
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Hospital workers required to be monitored by company hospital official co-founded
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare officials are requiring at least 1,000 workers and their adult family members to either sign up with a private Kentucky company to monitor their health or pay more for their health insurance. One of those same Central Maine Healthcare officials founded the private company and runs it with his wife. […]
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Local hospitals prepare for Ebola
LEWISTON — Health and government officials say there’s no reason to panic now that the U.S. has seen its first Ebola death. But a little preparation couldn’t hurt. Locally, hospitals and others are bracing for Ebola while hoping to never see a case of it. In Lewiston, officials from Central Maine Medical Center released a […]
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Central Maine Healthcare seeks capital investor
Source: Maine Health Data Organization * FY2013 figures are preliminary LEWISTON — Last year, Central Maine Healthcare sent out inquiries to five health care organizations asking whether any would consider taking CMHC on as a member, drawing CMHC and its affiliated hospitals and physicians’ offices under their respective umbrellas. None accepted the overture, including neighboring […]