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Maine's second-largest health care provider is partnering with a historically Black medical school to place medical students in clinics across the state.
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Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is receiving $16 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover the cost of hiring temporary staff during the COVID pandemic.
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The health system announced today that it is ending its universal masking policy across its medical facilities statewide. The system says that masks will still be required in certain areas, such as cancer care centers.
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Maine hospitals endured a tough year in 2022, according to a variety of recent data and financial disclosures. The picture has somewhat improved for them in recent months, but it will be hard for them to fully bounce back from the deep-rooted problems that have driven many into the red.
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Two credit rating agencies have just lowered their assessments for one of Maine's biggest health care organizations, Northern Light Health, after it ended last year with an operating loss of more than $100 million because of a variety of staffing and operating challenges.
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Northern Light Health argued that the drug companies and pharmacy chains drove up the hospitals' cost of doing business during Maine's opioid crisis.
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1,400 workers at Northern Light Health will become employees of Minnesota-based Optum as part of a new strategic partnership announced Thursday.
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A seven-year-old girl from Newburgh is the first child in Maine to complete the initial phase of a new treatment that reduces allergic reactions to peanuts.
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At the end of this year, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is closing its inpatient acute rehabilitation program. The program treats patients with traumatic injuries, debilitating disease, and those recovering from certain types of surgery.
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Across Maine, businesses big and small are looking for workers. Many have raised hourly wages, which they say has helped retain current employees. But finding new ones is a different story.