The blackout period from Thursday through Dec. 6 will allow the state to implement a cloud-based system for filing claims that is the product of a collaboration with three other states to reduce administrative costs and fraud.
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.
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Portland medical mission increases trips abroad
The fast-growing nonprofit Partners for World Health also is sending more supplies to Third World nations.
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Maine has nation’s highest rate of increased Affordable Care Act enrollment
The 72 percent jump over 2016 levels occurred despite efforts by the Trump administration to undermine the program and cut funding for outreach and advertising.
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Neighbors wary as Maine Med seeks zoning change for its big expansion
City council is taking up the hospital’s long-term vision for streets near its growing campus, and some worry about the potential impact on development, housing and amenities such as restaurants.
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Sen. Collins criticizes some provisions of Republican tax reform bill
Maine’s senior senator has strong reservations about repealing the ACA’s individual mandate, as well as making corporate tax cuts permanent while those for middle-class families would end after nine years.
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Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme
The illness produces more severe symptoms than Lyme disease and is more difficult to detect; reported cases surged from 52 five years ago to 433 so far this year.
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Sen. King requests open enrollment extension for Affordable Care Act insurance
He says Mainers should have more time to sign up for coverage because many in the state went days without power and internet access following last week’s storm.
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Maine’s ballot-box expansion of Medicaid likely to inspire referendums elsewhere
From Idaho to Utah to Kansas, where lawmakers have resisted the added health care coverage, groups now have ‘something to emulate.’
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Hospitals at center stage of Medicaid expansion debate
Maine’s rural hospitals in particular would be stronger financially, but critics say hospitals ought to be providing charitable care, since they enjoy tax-exempt status as nonprofits.
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Cost of 2018 premiums for many Mainers’ ACA plans: $0
President Trump’s move to end cost-sharing reductions means those on bronze plans earning from 100% to 225% of the poverty level would have only deductibles and co-pays.