Maine news and information

Hospitals in Maine are demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in back payments from the state for treatment of Medicaid patients.
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The Obama administration has rejected Maine Gov. Paul LePage's plan to cut healthcare coverage for more than 20,000 low-income Mainers but granted changes that will reduce or eliminate coverage for thousands.
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An executive at Steward Health Care System told presidents of Steward's hospitals Monday that the Boston-based chain “unilaterally withdrew” from talks to acquire Mercy Health System in Maine after concluding Mercy had misrepresented its finances.
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Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems said it signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Mercy Hospital, a 168-bed hospital in Portland, Maine, which was previously in talks to be purchased by Steward Health Care System.
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A bill expected to be submitted in Maine's coming legislative session would eliminate the categories for which medical marijuana can be prescribed in the state.
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Some states would see savings while others would experience cost increases as a result of the health reform law's provision to expand Medicaid, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that states would have four more weeks to decide whether to operate their own health insurance exchanges under the healthcare reform law.
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Diabetic employees of a wood products company in Guilford, Maine, had the opportunity last month to sit down for one-to-one consultations with a world-class diabetes specialist from Tufts Medical Center in Boston. No one, however, had to take time off from work to make the eight-hour round trip for...
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Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday the federal government is playing "political games" over cutbacks his administration is seeking in the state's Medicaid program, or MaineCare.
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Hospitals shuttled staff to work, erected makeshift employee sleeping quarters and stockpiled supplies as Hurricane Sandy forced major cities along the East Coast to shut down roads and public transportation, and the storm's size and might prompted the president to urge caution and patience.
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