LEWISTON — Health and government officials say there’s no reason to panic now that the U.S. has seen its first Ebola death. But a little preparation couldn’t hurt. Locally, hospitals and others are bracing for Ebola while hoping to never see a case of it. In Lewiston, officials from Central Maine Medical Center released a […]
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Central Maine Healthcare seeks capital investor
Source: Maine Health Data Organization * FY2013 figures are preliminary LEWISTON — Last year, Central Maine Healthcare sent out inquiries to five health care organizations asking whether any would consider taking CMHC on as a member, drawing CMHC and its affiliated hospitals and physicians’ offices under their respective umbrellas. None accepted the overture, including neighboring […]
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Anthem mulling whether to appeal insurance bureau ruling
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield had not yet decided Tuesday whether it would appeal a Maine Bureau of Insurance ruling that prevents the health insurance company from moving thousands of policyholders into a so-called “narrow network” plan, limiting which doctors and hospitals they can use. “While we continue to believe that our proposal to […]
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CMHC withdraws application to take over Parkview hospital
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare has withdrawn its application to take over Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick, saying state regulators aren’t playing fair and are “inexplicably but undeniably committed to denying this application.” The state denies that it has unfairly pushed the application forward, saying instead that the health care companies were actively partnering […]
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Anthem plan draws praise, criticism
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Healthcare employees, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield leaders and others spent hours Monday trying to sway the head of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Anthem’s plan to move thousands of individual policyholders into a plan that strictly limits their doctors and hospitals is horrible — or great — depending on […]
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Central Maine Healthcare withdraws application to tear down St. Joseph’s
LEWISTON — The Historic Preservation Review Board has canceled Thurday’s meeting to consider the Central Maine Healthcare application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the demolition of St. Joseph’s Church and Rectory. CMH has withdrawn the application. We will update this story with more details as soon as they are available.