What we’re monitoring: Aging Care • Healthcare System • Opioids
Following outcry, Maine health department waters down proposed staffing ratios
The Department of Health and Human Services released a new proposal with less aggressive increases than were initially proposed, and will give residential care facilities two years to phase in the changes.
Concerns raised about Maine’s ‘crisis pregnancy centers’
Activists say these centers circulated misinformation about “abortion pill reversals” not supported by studies.
Nursing home owner feels ‘relief’ as he exits the business
Phil Cyr has signed an agreement with Maine-based chain First Atlantic Healthcare to sell his family’s nursing homes in Presque Isle and Caribou.
MaineCare transport providers receive contract extensions amid court battle
A lawsuit over the award process alleges inconsistencies created a “fundamental unfairness.”
Increasing tobacco tax, AI protections among 2025 Maine health priorities
Advocates said they would like to see legislation that helps address the shortage of health care workers, among other things.
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