Veterans, first responders, people with terminal illness and many others stand to benefit from L.D. 1914, which would create a psilocybin-assisted therapy program in Maine.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
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.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: A healthy respect for health care system pay equity
If MaineHealth and Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems paid their highest non-physician earners $500,000, tops, each would have over $2 million to raise entry-level or ‘less-skilled’ workers’ wages.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World, New England
Owner of New England addiction clinics faces health care fraud charges
Recovery Connection Centers of America provided little or no services while billing Medicare and other insurers as if they had, authorities said.
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States move to crack down on nurses with bogus diplomas
States are acting in the wake of Operation Nightingale, a federal investigation into what officials say was a wire fraud scheme in which several now-closed Florida nursing schools sold phony nursing diplomas and transcripts from 2016 to 2022.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville’s Inland Hospital to partner on ‘immersive learning’ center that simulates health care conditions
Purdue Global School of Nursing is partnering with Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville to build the innovative learning center next to the hospital.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: My patients need paid family and medical leave – and so do you
The current system of unpaid leave is damaging and stressful for both the patients seeking care and the people responsible for providing that care.