The $33 million center will consolidate cancer care at Central Maine Medical Center.
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Maine health care systems to defy CDC shift, continue testing anyone exposed to virus
The federal CDC said last week that testing isn’t necessary for people suspected of being exposed if they show no symptoms of COVID-19.
CMHC proposes $14M surgical center in Topsham
The outpatient center would be near its Care Center and Maine Urgent Care.
Numbers of virus patients in Maine hospitals continue to flatten and decline
Restricting activity in the state has flattened the COVID-19 curve and taken the pressure off hospitals, a Press Herald analysis finds, but dangers remain.
Maine Voices: Thank medical workers by helping to make sure they get paid
At least 15% of the total federal bailout should focus on health care organizations.
State gives final approval to Central Maine Healthcare’s proposed $38 million cancer center
DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew authorized the facility, which will update and centralize treatment in one building in Lewiston.
Central Maine Healthcare furloughs 300 workers
The temporary leave affects about 10% of its workforce.
As health care shifts, so do health care employees
Primary care doctors are leaving their offices to work in hospitals and nurses are staffing screening tents as the entire industry adapts to the coronavirus.
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 CMMC’s 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.
Maine hospital system limits visitors as flu cases grow
At least eight people have died from the flu in Maine this season.