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Officials: Maine to face shortage of 3,200 RNs by 2025
AUGUSTA (AP) — Nursing Leaders of Maine, the American Nursing Association of Maine and the Maine Nursing Action Coalition say the state is going to face a shortage of about 3,200 registered nurses by 2025. The organizations announced the results of the 2016 Maine Nursing Forecaster on Tuesday at the Statehouse. The groups say nursing […]
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Maine DHHS asks feds to OK Medicaid changes
The LePage administration has sent a letter outlining changes to Maine’s Medicaid program that they want green-lit by President Donald Trump. The impact of all of these proposed changes is unclear, but they include premiums and other changes that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release will be sent to the Trump administration […]
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Digital clues point to Garrett Mason, Mary Mayhew running for governor
AUGUSTA — A recently reserved website domain name hints that Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew could be moving closer to a run for governor in 2018. Nobody has formally declared a run to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Paul LePage. But Mayhew was among more than a dozen people who responded […]
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Maine loses $1.4 million for plan to convert to WIC photo IDs
Maine has had to forfeit $1.4 million because it fell behind on its timeline to bring a nutrition program for women and young children into a paperless age. Now, Gov. Paul LePage’s administration says it has “no plan” to upgrade the program’s technology even though the state has to under federal law. The delay is […]
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DHHS spotlights welfare fraud in Lewiston
LEWISTON — The head of the state’s agency that administers welfare benefits was in the city Thursday to warn of elder abuse and to highlight a local woman who, investigators said, scammed a dozen local people out of more than $150,000. Tanya Boutelle, 54, was indicted last week by an Androscoggin County grand jury on […]
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Mary Mayhew says DHHS re-evaluating outsourcing Meals on Wheels
In a talk Wednesday with business leaders in Presque Isle, Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said the agency is not necessarily going ahead with plans to issue a request for proposals seeking competitive bids to run the federally funded Meals on Wheels program. The meals are currently provided by area agencies […]
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Riverview staffing shortages get attention in legislative hearing
AUGUSTA — Staffing shortages at Riverview Psychiatric Center will prompt a report from the retired Maine Supreme Judicial Court chief justice who oversees the state’s compliance with a court order. The state-run, 92-bed hospital on Augusta’s east side has struggled for years. The most recent problems culminated in Riverview’s 2013 decertification by the federal Centers […]
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Keeping Riverview open without federal aid would cost $24.5 million
AUGUSTA — Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew told lawmakers on Monday that the state will likely have to absorb the cost of running Riverview Psychiatric Center unless major changes are made. Mayhew asked for guidance on whether Maine should continue to accept federal funding or whether lawmakers would prefer using state […]
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DHHS head Mayhew ordered to appear in contempt hearing
AUGUSTA — The head of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services has been ordered to appear in court next month to answer questions about the department’s refusal to accept a patient in the state’s psychiatric hospital. The Portland Press Herald reports that Commissioner Mary Mayhew has been subpoenaed to appear for a contempt hearing […]