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Medicaid cuts would be devastating, Rep. Pingree, health care providers and patients say

A bill that will likely include substantial cuts to the program has passed the U.S. House and will be considered by the Senate this year.

The reimbursement rate cutbacks would amount to about a 36% cut in Medicaid payments to some doctors, according to hospital operators.

MaineHealth employees planted yellow tulips as part of a project to raise awareness for youth suicide prevention.

MaineHealth Franklin Hospital held a ribbon cutting and open house for the newly renovated Cancer Care and IV Therapy center.

The research arm of Maine’s largest health care network will be partnering with Tufts University.

The service, a department of MaineHealth Franklin, was formerly known as NorthStar EMS.

The service, a department of MaineHealth Franklin, was formerly known as NorthStar EMS.

Dr. Adrian Moran will be MaineHealth’s chief medical and transformation officer.

The changes at Northern Light Health and MaineHealth include discontinuing certain anesthetic gases and pivoting to renewable heating sources.

The state’s second-largest health care system operated at a deficit the past two years and expects to do so again in 2024.