Health care providers may face heavy fines for small errors like the $800,000 in fines levied on dentists.

Some clinics face more than $200,000 in penalties under a new audit system that threatens to wipe out services for kids.

But the company says it was not being deceptive when it reported a small fraction of the 3,662 calls in August for erratic service.

There’s also a discrepancy between the official log, which shows 266 complaints, and the thousands of complaint calls actually made.

Maine lawmakers say the state should use Vermont as a model for a new system.

Maine does not yet have numbers on enrollees through the Affordable Care Act.