Maine has fifth-highest rate of emergency department visits nationwide
While the trend is not new, it comes as Maine hospitals are merging, reducing services and even closing.
Higher staffing requirements removed from assisted living bill
The initial proposed regulations would have doubled the number of direct care workers at residential care facilities overnight.
As Maine diversifies, so does its health care workforce
The number of workers in health care in Maine identifying as non-White is up 143 percent in the past decade.
Widespread support for bill to pause private equity hospital ownership
A watchdog group found that 8.5 percent of private hospitals and 22.6 percent of for-profit hospitals in the U.S. are owned by private equity.
A timeline of health care tumult
Here's what you need to know about recent actions impacting health care.
Bills aim to keep veterans’ homes solvent, older Mainers in their homes
If proposed cuts to Medicaid are enacted, Maine Veterans' Homes would require an additional $6 million from the state to continue operating.
MDI Hospital announced plans to close its birthing unit, making it the tenth Maine hospital to do so in the past decade
The hospital president said the choice to close the unit follows a steep decline in births, calling it a “devastating decision.” The Maine State Nurses Association called it an “abject failure.”