Rose Lundy

4 days 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.

6 days 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.

1 week 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 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.

2 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. The first few months of 2025 have brought turmoil for health care programs and services in Maine at both the federal and state level.

1 month ago | pressherald.com | Rose Lundy

Maine Veterans’ Homes, a nonprofit health care provider offering residential care for veterans and their spouses, could be insolvent in two years unless lawmakers approve more than $4 million in funding, said CEO Brad Klawitter at a hearing on April 1. Rep. Laura Supica, who sponsored the bill, L.D. 182, said the requested state funding of about $4.26 million would draw a federal match of $6.97 million, for a total of about $11.2 million.