3+ hour, 46+ min ago  (223+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine " State auditors suspended MaineCare payments to a Portland healthcare company on Tuesday after a third audit found widespread billing errors. Maine's Department of Health and Human Services said Gateway overbilled MaineCare by $1,068,598.06 after a third audit. The audit…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1713+ words) PORTLAND, Maine " ABBA Women's Choice in Portland looks like a typical medical office at first glance. On an April afternoon, Executive Director Jenny Pratt opened the door, revealing a modern waiting room with patterned chairs and an array of pamphlets…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (450+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine " A proposed federal rule change could disrupt how hospitals nationwide"including 26 in Maine"access life-saving medications at a discount. Now, Maine health leaders are fighting back in court. The Maine Hospital Association (MHA) has joined a lawsuit aimed…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (248+ words) The move to defund abortion providers is driving patients away from their doctors in Maine, said George Hill, president of Maine Family Planning. The network saw more than 600 patients in its primary care practices last year, Hill said. "Telling those…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1236+ words) MAINE, USA " On a recent Friday morning, John Andrade stood outside the Planned Parenthood in Portland. Next to him was a sign that juxtaposed an X-ray of a man in shackles with an X-ray of a fetus, reading: "The world…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (521+ words) PORTLAND, Maine " Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and Maine Family Planning are getting some financial relief after state lawmakers passed legislation providing a $6 million one-time funding commitment. Lawmakers passed two bills to provide this funding. Those bills were LD…...

3+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (468+ words) SANFORD, Maine " Police in Sanford will be giving a new street camera system a try after city councilors approved it for a 60-day trial. Six cameras that will read license plates will be placed around the city at four intersections…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (311+ words) MAINE, USA " A state commission is urging lawmakers to safeguard a key maternal and child health survey as federal staffing and funding cuts create uncertainty about its future." The Maine Permanent Commission on the Status of Women released a report…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (340+ words) MAINE, USA " A federal court ruling could significantly impact access to reproductive and preventative healthcare for thousands of Mainers who rely on Maine Family Planning's 18 clinics statewide. The decision, issued Monday by a federal judge in the District of Maine,…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (404+ words) MAINE, USA " A company contracted to handle non-emergency medical transportation across Maine has filed for bankruptcy. "This transportation is essential for people in rural Maine, and this bankruptcy, this change in contracting-- this is all a real threat to that,…...