A failure to increase MaineCare reimbursement rates before the session’s end triggers a reduction instead, putting services at risk.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Science
Ticks that carry Lyme disease surviving even deep-freeze winters, research shows
Field researchers in Maine and Connecticut say the snowpack helps the disease-carrying arachnids survive harsh conditions, putting public health at risk in a state where Lyme cases are rising.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Portable pump keeps Maine heart transplant candidate alive without missing a beat
A Portland man relies on a device implanted at Maine Medical Center, where the procedure for patients with advanced cardiac disease is becoming more commonplace.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Collins, King under pressure to oppose controversial CIA director nominee
Human rights groups urge the Maine senators, who serve on the Intelligence Committee, to oppose the nomination of Gina Haspel, who has been accused of complicity in the use of waterboarding on terrorism suspects.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine Med’s Congress Street detour starts Monday
Hospital officials say the traffic detour is necessary for Maine Medical Center’s expansion project.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Medicaid expansion advocates sue to force LePage administration to implement program
Maine Equal Justice Partners, which led the campaign to pass expansion at the ballot box, wants to hold the state to deadlines outlined in the law passed by voters in November.
Posted inLocal & State, News
University of New England sounds alarm on growing need for cadavers, a crucial medical-training tool
The Biddeford campus has Maine’s only program for whole-body donations, and as educational needs and class sizes grow, the school hopes to encourage more people to donate their bodies to science.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Politics
LePage vetoes extended funding for child abuse prevention program
The governor said the program duplicates others. Lawmakers had passed the extension nearly unanimously.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine watchdog agency delays report on state’s handling of fatal child abuse cases
The office needs 3 more weeks to complete its inquiry into the deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy and 4-year-old Kendall Chick.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine students to be required to get meningitis vaccine
The protection against the bacterial form of the disease had previously been a recommendation, but public health officials want more protection for students entering seventh and 12 grades.