Maine Legislature may restrict ‘facility fees’ charged by hospitals

Health care

Published
April 28, 2023

Maine Legislature may restrict ‘facility fees’ charged by hospitals

The legislation was drafted after a Press Herald investigation revealed that some health care providers add the fees without disclosure or explanation.
Published
April 17, 2023

Hospitals face new wave of competition from infusion centers

It's the latest example of insurance companies partnering with independent centers to offer lower-cost outpatient services.
Published
March 28, 2023

Lawmakers urged to provide MaineCare coverage to noncitizens

The bill sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, would extend health coverage to newly arrived asylum seekers and other noncitizens. Republicans oppose the proposal, citing what they say is its $7 million price tag.
Published
March 5, 2023

With no place to go, some patients in Maine spend months in hospitals

A lack of beds and staffing at assisted living facilities and nursing homes creates an unwelcome situation that benefits neither the languishing patients nor the hospitals shouldering their care.
Published
February 2, 2023

Rumford Hospital is ending its maternity services

Maternity services at the 25-bed critical access hospital in Oxford County will end March 31, Central Maine Healthcare officials announced Thursday.

Published
January 19, 2023

Lewiston-based palliative care fellowship for nurse practitioners will have a ‘very direct and very meaningful’ impact, Sen. King says

A nurse practitioner fellowship program in palliative care at Lewiston-based Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice will be able to continue another year and add a second fellow thanks to over $230,000 in federal funding secured by U.S. Sen. Angus King.
Published
December 28, 2022

Flu’s spread and severity remains severe across the region

Flu-associated hospitalizations in Androscoggin and Franklin counties each tripled last week compared to the week prior, with 15 patients and six patients admitted to hospitals, respectively.
Published
December 27, 2022

$6.5 million for tri-county health care providers included in federal spending bill

Maine's congressional delegation secured millions of dollars in federal funding for more than 200 Maine-based projects and organizations, including $4 million for health care services in Androscoggin County and nearly $2.5 million for services in Oxford County.
Published
December 16, 2022

Flu cases, hospitalizations surpass prepandemic levels

Even if clinicians and public health experts had expected to see a surge in cases this season, flu and other respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19, are still flooding emergency departments, urgent cares and primary care physicians’ offices with sick patients.
Published
December 14, 2022

Health care networks, universities to receive $2.3 million in funding to expand rural education opportunities

Collaborative groups of health care networks, the University of Maine System and St. Joseph's College will receive a combined total of nearly $2.3 million to expand medical training in communities like Farmington, Norway, Bridgton and Blue Hill.

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