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2 weeks ago | 
newscentermaine.com | Rose Lundy
MAINE, USA — Maine has the fifth-highest rate of emergency department visits in the country, which hospital officials say could get worse with cuts to Medicaid and further contraction of services. Hospitals in the state saw 555 emergency department visits per 1,000 people in 2023, according to recent data from the American Hospital Association analyzed by KFF.
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3 weeks ago | 
themainemonitor.org | Rose Lundy
Editor’s Note: The following story first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free health care newsletter, Health Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every other Thursday. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine health care news. Maine has the fifth-highest rate of emergency department visits in the country, which hospital officials say could get worse with cuts to Medicaid and further contraction of services.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Rose Lundy
Maine has the fifth-highest rate of emergency department visits in the country, which hospital officials say could get worse with cuts to Medicaid and further contraction of services. Hospitals in the state saw 555 emergency department visits per 1,000 people in 2023, according to recent data from the American Hospital Association analyzed by KFF.
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1 month ago | 
newscentermaine.com | Rose Lundy
MAINE, USA — Lawmakers have scrapped proposed increased staffing ratios for assisted living and residential care facilities, replacing the measure instead with reporting requirements and a stakeholder study group.
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1 month ago | 
themainemonitor.org | Rose Lundy
Editor’s Note: The following story first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free health care newsletter, Health Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every other Thursday. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine health care news. Lawmakers have scrapped proposed increased staffing ratios for assisted living and residential care facilities, replacing the measure instead with reporting requirements and a stakeholder study group.
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1 month ago | 
centralmaine.com | Rose Lundy
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1 month ago | 
newscentermaine.com | Rose Lundy
AUGUSTA, Maine — Lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent private equity companies or real estate investment trusts from acquiring or increasing ownership of Maine hospitals until June 2029. Supporters said the moratorium would give lawmakers time to put in place safeguards and find other ways to support and protect Maine’s hospitals.
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1 month ago | 
newscentermaine.com | Rose Lundy
MAINE, USA — Amanda Karomba’s family fled the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and immigrated to Maine when she was an infant. Three decades later, Karomba operates nearly 30 group homes in the Lewiston-Auburn area serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, staffed primarily by people of color who are recent immigrants and identify as “New Mainers.”
Karomba’s organization, Happy Haven, is an example of the growing racial and ethnic diversity of Maine’s health care workforce.
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1 month ago | 
themainemonitor.org | Rose Lundy
Amanda Karomba’s family fled the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and immigrated to Maine when she was an infant. Three decades later, Karomba operates nearly 30 group homes in the Lewiston-Auburn area serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, staffed primarily by people of color who are recent immigrants and identify as “New Mainers.” Karomba’s organization, Happy Haven, is an example of the growing racial and ethnic diversity of Maine’s health care workforce.
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1 month ago | 
newsbreak.com | Rose Lundy
Editor’s Note: The following story first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free health care newsletter, Health Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every other Thursday. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine health care news. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent private equity companies or real estate investment trusts from acquiring or increasing ownership of Maine hospitals until June 2029.
