The Task Force to Evaluate the Impact of Facility Fees on Patients has only two weeks to complete its work and issue recommendations to the Legislature, which will reconvene Jan. 3.
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Donor breast milk available to new parents at Biddeford hospital
Southern Maine Health Care making donor milk available to parents who would like to feed their newborns exclusively breast milk.
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MaineCare dental patients face long waits, drives for care
Lawmakers expanded the state-run insurance to cover adult dental care in 2022, but a year later, patients struggle to find a dentist who will take them.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Maine residential care facilities rarely sanctioned, despite cases of abuse, neglect
The state cited dozens of incidents between 2020 and 2022, but only one resulted in a fine, an investigation found.
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Martin’s Point renews $6 billion contract for military benefits
The 10-year contract renews services provided by the local health care organization.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Mother sues Maine health care providers, calls teen’s death ‘senseless and completely avoidable’
Jasmine ‘Jazzy’ Vincent died in an emergency room in 2021. The suit alleges that although doctors said she had pneumonia, her family found out several days after her death that she had a type of leukemia.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine
Shortage of pharmacists leaving Maine customers in peril
Walkouts at some pharmacies in other states are fueling concerns in Maine, where store closures are already a problem.
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Having a harder time accessing health care? You’re not alone – and it’s making us sicker
The health care workforce shrank at the same time demand exploded, and patients say finding a provider is ‘pretty much impossible.’
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Maine Department of Labor chief tells Lewiston immigrant community they’re needed to work in health care
With a growing need for health care sector workers in the state, the state looks to the immigrant community for help.
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Health care strike over pay, staff shortages heads into final day with no deal in sight
Workers were expected to return to their jobs Saturday in hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans.