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PublishedFebruary 9, 2020
Tax filings show Central Maine Healthcare’s spending during turmoil
Newly available documents show the Lewiston-based health system paid its CEO a $200,000 bonus, gave CMMCās former president a half-million dollars as severance pay after leaving, gave millions to an Illinois consultant and over $1 million to an international law firm.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
Commission calls for pay hike for workers who provide home care for senior citizens
How much the increase to 125% of the state's minimum wage would cost the state is not yet clear.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2020
Maine hospital system limits visitors as flu cases grow
At least eight people have died from the flu in Maine this season.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2020
Health groups propose statewide network of ‘low-barrier’ drug treatment clinics
The pilot proposal, which carries a price tag of $920,000, comes at a time when drug overdose deaths appear to be rising again despite efforts to tackle the problem.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2020
Waterville market worker had hepatitis A while preparing food sold to customers
The Maine Center for Disease Control and state Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry are warning customers who may have purchased food from Joseph's Market on Front Street from Dec. 27, 2019 to Jan. 9 this year that they may be at risk of being infected.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2020
Five overdose deaths so far this month have Portland on alert
Police say the rash of overdoses is concerning and yet another sign that the state's prolonged opioid crisis has not abated.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Despite efforts to stem epidemic, Maine overdose deaths appear to be on rise again after 1-year dip
The Medical Examiner's Office says 277 Mainers died from drug overdoses in the first 9 months of 2019, putting the state on track to surpass the total for 2018.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Advocates for Maine dental bill press Mills for support
An advocacy group presented 1,500 signed postcards to the governor's office, urging her to back a measure to give dental benefits to adult Medicaid recipients. The change would help roughly 70,000 people receive preventive care.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Portland’s Shalom House to end mental health program for 170 clients
The nonprofit says Maine's stagnant Medicaid reimbursement rates led to mounting losses that forced it to close the program that assists adult mental health patients with daily tasks.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Bill would remove waiting periods for children’s dentistry
Democratic State Sen. Heather Sanborn said the proposal is about making sure children can receive dental treatment when they need it.
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