LEWISTON — If Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to tax nonprofits became law, Lewiston would get $3.3 million a year in added property taxes from its two hospitals and Bates College. Central Maine Medical Center’s property tax bill would be $1.17 million a year, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center’s would be $535,000, and Bates College would […]
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Sullivan appointed to CMMC staff
NAPLES — Jennifer Sullivan, a family nurse practitioner, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Group associate professional staff. She is working in partnership with Maureen Harpell, F.N.P., at Naples Family Practice in Naples. Sullivan’s experience includes four years in the emergency department at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. She is certified in trauma, […]
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Perlman joins CMMC staff
LEWISTON — Marc B. Perlman, M.D., a neonatologist and pediatrics hospitalist, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center staff. He will serve as medical director of the CMMC Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit, a service dedicated to the inpatient care of babies with special medical needs. Perlman previously practiced medicine at CMMC from 1997 […]
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Flu cases adding up in Maine
LEWISTON — The flu is in Maine. The illness signaled with fever and aches is in every county in Maine and most of its hospitals, and it seems to be spreading, experts say. “We’re gearing up, predicting that it might be a worse season than usual,” said Jenae Limoges, an infectious diseases doctor at Central […]
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Ostrander appointed to CMMC staff
LEWISTON — James R. Ostrander, D.O., a family medicine physician, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center medical staff. He is practicing at Minot Avenue Family Medicine in Auburn. Ostrander most recently worked for eight years as a family medicine physician at Winthrop Family Practice in Winthrop. For the past seven years, he […]
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People You Know: Emilie Garcia, Special deliveries
LEWISTON — Emilie Garcia majored in psychology and business economics in college. Psychology because she liked people and exploring “how people think and why they do what they do.” Business economics because her dad was a business owner and won her over to those basics always being handy, no matter her field. She was working […]
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Peru woman injured in Carthage rollover in critical condition
CARTHAGE — An elderly Peru woman injured Tuesday night when her Jeep slid on ice and rolled into a brook off Route 142 in Carthage remained hospitalized on Wednesday in Lewiston. Edna Hutchings, 88, was in critical condition, Central Maine Medical Center spokesman Randall Dustin said late Wednesday afternoon by email. Hutchings suffered chest and […]
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CMMC recognized at 2013 Top Performer
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. CMMC was recognized as part of commission’s 2014 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in […]
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Butterfield named to CMMC staff
LEWISTON — Taylor Butterfield, a certified physician assistant, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center associate professional staff. She is working at High Street Family Medicine in Lewiston. Butterfield earned a master’s degree in physician assisting in 2009 from the University of New England in Portland. That same year, she was certified by […]
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YPLAA offering free seminar
LEWISTON — Young Professionals of the Lewiston Auburn Area are offering another seminar in its professional development series, Being the Best You in 2015; A Personal Branding Strategy. It will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Central Maine Medical Center conference room (lower level), 12 High St. Branding professionals […]