Patty Wight
News Reporter and HostPatty is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient stories, physical health to mental health and anything in between. Patty joined Maine Public Radio in 2012 after producing stories as a freelancer for NPR programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She got hooked on radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and hasn’t looked back ever since.
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Vaccination rates among school-aged children in Maine are above 97%, according to the latest annual report from the state Center for Disease Control. -
King recently met with some of the 38 Mainers who are two weeks into a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians. -
The current contract expires at the end of September, but Anthem said it will be extended through the end of the year if the two organizations are still negotiating. -
King said the bill would kick tens of thousands of Mainers off of Medicaid health insurance because of work requirements and other changes. And he said that most able-bodied adults enrolled in the program already work. -
Central Maine Healthcare, which operates hospitals in Lewiston, Bridgton, and Rumford, is experiencing an outage after shutting down its IT systems Sunday due to what it characterizes as "unusual activity" in its computer software. -
South Portland-based The Opportunity Alliance will pay nearly $350,000 in a settlement agreement with the federal government and the state of Maine for allegedly submitting false reimbursement claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
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Mills said it would make steep cuts to Medicaid in order to help fund tax breaks for the wealthy. -
Leaders at DFD Russell said in a written statement that they face many financial pressures: from losing a vital community grant, to low reimbursement rates from commercial insurers, to ongoing uncertainty around Medicare and Medicaid.
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Dr. Merideth Norris was sentenced earlier this month in federal court to three years of probation and community service.
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Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent has signed an agreement with Houlton Regional Hospital to provide executive management services for one year.
