health care

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.

Among the requests of healthcare providers is to elevate a violent assault against a healthcare worker from a misdemeanor to a felony.

In a press release, CMH officials say they're consolidating staff and services into its Lewiston urgent care location.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The 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.

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…

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…