The cost-cutting measures are happening because hospitals are no longer getting revenue from emergency room visits and elective procedures were canceled to make room for COVID-19 patients.
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Posted inLocal & State
Lapses in hospitals’ reporting left Maine CDC lacking key data
As the agency has prepared for a surge in coronavirus cases, not all hospitals have shared numbers of intensive care unit beds and ventilators.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine scrounges for medical supplies, but little more is expected from feds
The state is preparing for a surge of patients, but its allocation from the federal stockpile is tiny.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Anxiety rises as health care workers risk exposure to fight coronavirus
Shortages of personal protective equipment put doctors, nurses and anyone else who works in health care at higher risk of contracting the virus.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It’s time to house Maine people who are ill
Today, 30 percent of our resources are being spent on 1 percent of our population because they remain homeless.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: I’m on Medicare, but I still got stuck with a $25,000 hospital bill
The fact that I’m also a physician didn’t clue me into this unfair gap in coverage.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Doctors are unnecessarily torturing dying dementia patients
Think about how you want to be cared for at the end of life, write it down and regularly remind your family and doctor of this directive.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Collins’ bill fails to address root cause of drug shortages
She knows what the problem is: pricing and contracting practices that benefit suppliers and hospital executives at patients’ expense.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Surprise billing’ measures will jeopardize rural Maine hospitals
Federal rate setting will add to the serious challenges already faced by full-service health centers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Medicaid expansion already showing its worth
Mainers are getting care they otherwise wouldn’t, and it is saving lives.