Complacency risks losing the compassionate and caring providers such as Maine Family Planning.
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Posted inBusiness
Cigna to buy large pharmacy benefits manager in effort to control health care costs
The partnership may help improve service, personalize care and give doctors a more complete picture of their patients.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Reps. Foley, Sanborn: Doctors – not insurers – should prescribe Mainers’ medications and treatment
Forcing Maine people to change medicine with the hope of saving a few dollars doesn’t work.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport turning corner on steep losses
The hospital says revenue growth and cuts in expenses helped it achieve a slight surplus in the most recent quarter.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump plans to tout economic growth, tax cuts in State of the Union address
The president will also push a $1 trillion plan to improve roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Five Maine hospitals get top ratings for quality, safety
The ratings come from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s not immune: Health officials say state now has ‘widespread’ cases of the flu
Through Jan. 6, Maine had reported 768 cases, most of them the most virulent strain, according to the state Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine bill would require vaccine against meningococcal meningitis
Students between 11 and 20 would be required to receive the vaccination against the disease that causes infections of the lining of the brain and spinal cord.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
New Vineyard boy whose legs were severed in accident works to stand again
A bucket loader came down on the 4-year-old’s limbs in October.
Posted inMaine
Central Maine Medical Center penalized for infection rate again
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is fining four Maine hospitals; the one in Lewiston makes the list for the second year in a row.