by Mary-Erin Casale | Mar 11, 2019 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
LD 1155- An Act To Protect Patients and the Prudent Layperson Standard AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon (D-Freeport) introduced LD 1155, “An Act To Protect Patients and the Prudent Layperson Standard.” In several states, insurance companies have been...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 22, 2019 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
Augusta – Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Health and Human Services Jeanne Lambrew announced today that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has notified the State that Riverview Psychiatric Center has met all the conditions for...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Dec 6, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
PORTLAND – Judge Michaela Murphy of the Maine Superior Court has denied a stay request by the LePage Administration regarding implementation of voter-approved Medicaid expansion, but set a new February 1st deadline to being enrolling eligible Mainers. Speaker of the...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Dec 4, 2018 | Economy, Health Care, Maine Legislature
First joint decision of Presiding Officers signals commitment to addressing increasing health care costs and Maine’s workforce shortage AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon and Senate President-Elect Troy Jackson announced new changes to the Joint Standing...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Nov 21, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
PORTLAND – The Maine Superior Court ruled today that Governor LePage cannot refuse to implement the Medicaid expansion law approved by voters more than one year ago. Justice Michela Murphy of the Kennebec Superior Court found that there was nothing preventing the...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Sep 18, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon and Rep. Drew Gattine (D- Westbrook), House Chair of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicaid Services (CMS), outlining the many actions...
