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Our View: Byzantine medical billing calls for narrow policy focus

by The Editorial Board August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

As we explore the possibility of a new system, we owe it to ourselves to clear up the one we’ve got.

by Andy Mueller June 24, 2022June 23, 2022

Unless something changes, the state’s largest health care provider is ready to drop the state’s largest insurance plan from its network next year.

The project will provide savings on electricity to MaineHealth and supply 5 megawatts of AC power to the Central Maine Power grid.

Finding young physicians willing to move to Maine, especially to rural areas, is next to impossible, some providers say.

by Jeffrey Barkin MD and Steven Michaud Special to the Press Herald June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

Patients are put in jeopardy by the health insurer’s manipulative tactics regarding payment for services.

by The Editorial Board May 12, 2022May 11, 2022

Instead of just treating sickness, MaineHealth is taking on the things that make us sick.

by Denise McDonough Special to the Press Herald April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

The insurer is committed to coming back to the negotiating table, and it hopes MaineHealth will join them, Denise McDonough says.

by The Editorial Board April 22, 2022April 21, 2022

A $136 bag of saline is a sign of a bad system, not price gouging by MaineHealth.

A national shortage leaves Maine’s doctors with a tiny fraction of the monoclonal antibody treatments their patients could use.

MaineHealth and Hannaford say they use timekeeping services provided by Kronos but not its payroll software.