health care
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PublishedMarch 2, 2023
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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PublishedMarch 1, 2023
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.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2023
Commentary: COVID emergency declarations are ending. But the health care worker crisis isn’t.
The pandemic has added to the shortage and burnout of health care workers. Still, cause exists for some optimism: For one thing, there is bipartisan interest in tackling this issue.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2023
Skillings recognized as she retires from helm of Mid Coast-Parkview Health
Skillings worked in several nursing and leadership roles at Mid Coast-Parkview Health since 1979.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
Commentary: Failure to invest in residential facilities leaves Mainers with nowhere to go
Maine Medical Center is currently boarding 40 or more vulnerable patients who do not require the services of an acute care hospital.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Commentary: Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future. But the FDA must do more to expand access
Although last week’s action is encouraging, the FDA is maintaining other restrictions on this essential medicine without medical justification.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2023
Commentary: Maine’s rural hospital systems are suffering and urgent care is needed
As our legislators perform triage, the thousands of people on hospital wait lists are at risk of being sidelined further.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2023
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.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
Mid Coast-Parkview Health President Lois Skillings set to retire
Skillings officially retires Jan. 19, handing the reins over to emergency physician and former Mid Coast-Parkview Chief Medical Officer Dr. Christopher Bowe.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
From Mozambique to Portland: City’s new public health director brings global perspective
Dr. Alfredo Vergara, who opened the U.S. CDC's first office in Mozambique and until recently served as the agency's country director there, arrived in Portland in August.
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