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Maine Organizations Qualify for Assistance with Early Retiree Health Costs - Insurance News Net (press release)
Posted today

Maine Organizations Qualify for Assistance with Early Retiree Health Costs
Insurance News Net (press release)
Many early retirees are caught between not being eligible for Medicare because they are too young and having to try to purchase insurance in the individual ...

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For NLARx, a victory in docs' drug records case - ModernHealthcare.com
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For NLARx, a victory in docs' drug records case
ModernHealthcare.com
18 in Portland, Maine, where earlier in the month Maine Attorney General Janet Mills successfully defended before an appeals court a state law allowing ...


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5 Maine Gov Candidates Address Farmers - WBZ
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Kennebec Journal
5 Maine Gov Candidates Address Farmers
WBZ
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ― All five candidates for Maine governor answered questions ranging from health insurance, environmental regulation to taxes as they ...
All 5 candidates woo farmersKennebec Journal
Candidates for Governor meet with agriculture, aquaculture producersWLBZ-TV

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Starting the School Year Right - PR Newswire (press release)
Posted today (22 hours ago)

Starting the School Year Right
PR Newswire (press release)
With a few simple medical exams; Maine's school-age children will be armed with the tools they need to have a healthier school year. ...

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Acadia cuts free methadone to uninsured clients - Bangor Daily News
Posted today (16 hours ago)

Acadia cuts free methadone to uninsured clients
Bangor Daily News
All acute-care hospitals in Maine are nonprofit and required to provide a level of free care to people without insurance coverage who cannot pay out of ...

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Small businesses hot topic in debate - Bangor Daily News
Posted today (16 hours ago)

Bangor Daily News
Small businesses hot topic in debate
Bangor Daily News
LePage and Cutler had different takes on the root cause of Maine's high health insurance costs. Cutler said his administration would emphasize wellness ...

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Maine employers get federal health care funds for retirees - Morning Sentinel
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (2 days ago)

WISC Madison
Maine employers get federal health care funds for retirees
Morning Sentinel
The program ends on January 1, 2014, when state health insurance exchanges are scheduled to be up and running. In Maine, the Portland Water District, ...
Maine employers get federal health care funds for retirees [Portland Press ...Insurance News Net (press release)
Some states suing feds also claim health subsidiesKWQC 6

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Orion Health awarded Maine HIE contract - CMIO
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Orion Health awarded Maine HIE contract
CMIO
The state of Maine has received $6.6 million from the federal government for exchanging health information across healthcare systems, within and between ...


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Hurricane Earl Weakens on Way North as Warning Stays in Place for Cape Cod - Bloomberg
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Reuters
Hurricane Earl Weakens on Way North as Warning Stays in Place for Cape Cod
Bloomberg
3 (Bloomberg) -- J. Paul Newsome, an insurance analyst at Sandler O'Neill & partners LP, talks about the potential impact of Hurricane Earl on insurance ...
Storm Kicks Up Uncertainty for InsurersInsurance Networking News
Storm may not trigger big claims, but it could be start of active seasonMarketWatch
Hurricane Earl Threatens to Inflict Insurance Losses on Atlantic Seaboard By ...Insurance & Technology (blog)
Christian Science Monitor -International Business Times -San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
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Maine's HealthInfoNet Selects Orion Health as Primary Vendor for Health ... - PR Web (press release)
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (3 days ago)

PR Web (press release)
Maine's HealthInfoNet Selects Orion Health as Primary Vendor for Health ...
PR Web (press release)
The HIE currently involves six healthcare organizations and many of their affiliated hospitals and physician practices that annually care for more than half ...
Maine HIE selects Health Language for clinical content integrationCMIO
HealthInfoNet Selects Health Language as Technology Partner for Maine HIE ...Business Wire (press release)
Orion Health Bags HealthInfoNet Health Information Exchange ProjectTopNews United Kingdom (blog)

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Mets promote catcher Mike Nickeas from Triple A - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Posted today (15 hours ago)

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Mets promote catcher Mike Nickeas from Triple A
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Maine underwent season-ending shoulder surgery in July. He is likely to be non-tendered at season's end. Nickeas provides some insurance for starter Josh ...

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Hurricane Earl Losses To Hit Allstate, AIG - TheStreet.com
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Hurricane Earl Losses To Hit Allstate, AIG
TheStreet.com
According to the Insurance Information Institutute, the leading writers of commercial property and casualty insurance are American International Group( AIG) ...

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$1M grant to help tighten insurance rules [Bangor Daily News, Maine] - Insurance News Net (press release)
Posted on Aug 16, 2010 (17 days ago)

ABC News
$1M grant to help tighten insurance rules [Bangor Daily News, Maine]
Insurance News Net (press release)
16--Maine has received a $1 million grant from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to help hold down the cost of health insurance premiums. ...
Maine to Get $1 million for Health Insurance Cost OversightMPBN News
States Get Federal Funds to Keep Closer Eye on Health Insurance RatesMPBN News
Grant targets health insurance premium hikesMainebiz Daily
Kansas City Star
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Acadia Advises Businesses to Prepare for Hurricane Earl - MarketWatch (press release)
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Acadia Advises Businesses to Prepare for Hurricane Earl
MarketWatch (press release)
WESTBROOK, Maine, Sept 01, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- With Hurricane Earl threatening New England, Acadia Insurance is reminding business owners to ...

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DENIS THOET: A farmer walks into a debate ... and can't find the punchline - Morning Sentinel
Posted today (16 hours ago)

Morning Sentinel
DENIS THOET: A farmer walks into a debate ... and can't find the punchline
Morning Sentinel
Bad idea: Moody wants to follow the New Hampshire model to bring competition into Maine's health insurance industry. How is he going to drag private ...

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Maine Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $30k - WBZ
Posted today (21 hours ago)

Maine Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $30k
WBZ
Federal prosecutors say Bernardette Beal used dues money from members of the Downeast Federation of Healthcare Professions on her personal expenses. ...
Jonesport woman pleads guilty to embezzling union fundsBangor Daily News

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Social Security can prop up state pensions - CNN International
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Social Security can prop up state pensions
CNN International
Maine, which excludes most of its public employees from Social Security, and has underfunded its public pensions by over 30 percent of state GDP, ...

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Molina Healthcare Closes Acquisition of Abri Health Plan in Wisconsin - MarketWatch (press release)
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Molina Healthcare Closes Acquisition of Abri Health Plan in Wisconsin
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are pleased to welcome Abri Health Plan members into the Molina family," said J. Mario Molina, MD, Molina Healthcare's president and chief executive ...

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4-year-old to undergo 2nd ear-creating surgery - Bangor Daily News
Posted today (18 hours ago)

Bangor Daily News
4-year-old to undergo 2nd ear-creating surgery
Bangor Daily News
MARS HILL, Maine — During a trip to the West Coast later this month, 4-year-old Bobbi Guerrette will wake up from a deep sleep to discover that ...


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Firms, unions in line for healthcare aid - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (2 days ago)

Firms, unions in line for healthcare aid
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Democrats added the $5 billion program to the healthcare law to encourage employers to keep their insurance plans for retirees ages 55 to 64 until 2014, ...

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Region 1 district wants to know why administrators left; input sought (with ... - Torrington Register Citizen
Posted today (14 hours ago)

Region 1 district wants to know why administrators left; input sought (with ...
Torrington Register Citizen
Faculty member Julie Lang had posed the idea of creating a human resources position at HVRHS for the staff to go to with any concerns. ...

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Commentary: Failure to plan has consequences - Wisconsin Law Journal
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Commentary: Failure to plan has consequences
Wisconsin Law Journal
In Maine, a number of years ago, a lawyer died, was buried and his estate was probated. Suddenly, the estate was sued for malpractice because the ...


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UnitedHealth Group to Support Members Affected by Hurricane Earl - MarketWatch (press release)
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UnitedHealth Group to Support Members Affected by Hurricane Earl
MarketWatch (press release)
This includes plan participants enrolled in all fully insured commercial, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicare Advantage, ...

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp Takes Over Fraser Papers US Plan - Wall Street Journal
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (3 days ago)

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp Takes Over Fraser Papers US Plan
Wall Street Journal
The Fraser Papers unit operated pulp and paper mills in Maine and New Hampshire. The PBGC said it acted because the underfunded pension plan would have been ...
PBGC takes over paper mill pension planBusiness Insurance

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IBHS Urges East Coast Residents and Businesses to Prepare Now for Hurricane Earl - RealEstateRama (press release)
Posted today (21 hours ago)

IBHS Urges East Coast Residents and Businesses to Prepare Now for Hurricane Earl
RealEstateRama (press release)
... and businesses along the US coastline from North Carolina to Maine to take steps now to minimize potential wind and water damage from Hurricane Earl. ...

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