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The new office on Affordable Health Care is the result of a Democratic bill passed by the Maine legislature in 2021. It will be advised by a 13-member council of providers, consumers, payers, and others.
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Among the requests of healthcare providers is to elevate a violent assault against a healthcare worker from a misdemeanor to a felony.
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In a press release, CMH officials say they're consolidating staff and services into its Lewiston urgent care location.
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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine and Scarborough-based Coastal Women's Healthcare announced Tuesday that they've reached an agreement on a contract.
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Fore River Urology, an independent medical practice in South Portland, says it will no longer be an in-network provider as of August 1 for patients with commercial Anthem plans and as of September 1 for patients with Anthem Medicare Advantage coverage.
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Under the law, individuals are prohibited from intentionally blocking entrances and exits, harassing patients, and from making noise that prevents patients from hearing medical information once inside the health facility.
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In this week’s newsletter: Gov. Mills rips GOP as it intensifies vaccine mandate critique; Pingree joins bid to expand SCOTUS; Biden eyes Gulf of Maine for offshore wind development.
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Providers serving Mainers with intellectual disabilities may lose 1 in 10 workers to vaccine mandateThe problems cannot be divorced from a larger worker shortage during the pandemic and long-term issues facing an industry in which workers must provide intensive levels of care.
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Routine appointments for health care came to a halt in March, when Mainers hunkered down at home as the state braced for a possible surge of the…
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The U.S. Senate is considering a sweeping health care reform bill that includes provisions authored by Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins.“A far reaching…