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Health care for thousands of Mainers at risk as deadline looms in insurance fight

Violin04/07/2023 35 Views

On the eve of their deadline for a new contract, a Catholic health care system with hospitals in Maine and a major insurer have not reached an agreement, which for months has left about 14,000 patients in limbo.

The contract between Covenant Health, a family of Catholic health care organizations in New England and part of Pennsylvania, and insurer Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield expires Tuesday. As of Monday, the differences had not been resolved, according to the insurer.

Starting Wednesday, Covenant Health’s physicians, such as those at St. Joseph Healthcare in Bangor and St. Mary’s Health System in

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The Latest Science on PSMF, Carnivore & Keto: How to Manipulate Macros to Achieve Your Goals!

Violin02/07/2023 35 Views

So many of you have been asking me to hold another class because you learned so much in the last class that Craig and I decided to teach all of you the latest science!

We are always on the hunt for the latest science on how our bodies work and this NEW class will BLOW YOUR MIND! I only wish I had time to teach the class before September!

The first protein sparing class (which you can still get the recording HERE) gives you all the details about what PSMF (Pure Protein) days are all about, the science and biology

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Some plastics get a second life through the Mayo Clinic’s recycling facility – Post Bulletin

Violin02/07/2023 40 Views

ROCHESTER — Like most industries in the 21st century, health care uses a lot of plastic. On a single day, Mayo Clinic’s Rochester facilities generate 60,000 pounds of waste, with plastic making up a good portion of that heap.

“One surgery generates the amount of waste that a family of four generates in a week,” said Angie Dalenberg, operations manager for Mayo Clinic Environmental Services.

While some of that waste heads to the Olmsted Waste-to-Energy Facility or the Mayo Clinic’s own Waste Management Facility for incineration, several types of plastic — along with cardboard, paper, metal, electronics and more —

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‘We need people on call,’ Health PEI says as an internal medicine specialist leaves practice

Violin20/06/2023 52 Views

PEI’s chief medical officer says a shortage of doctors on the Island is being felt by staff throughout the health-care system — just as another doctor quits her practice.

“We’re asking less physicians to do the same amount of work that’s had to be done in the past, which puts a strain on the physicians and staff as well,” Dr. Kathie McNally said Friday, which marked the last day on the job for Dr. Nicole Drost, an internal specialist from Summerside.

Drost is the latest doctor to resign in the province, closing her practice at the city’s Prince County Hospital

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Readers’ letters, Victoria Times Colonist, June 9, 2023

Violin19/06/2023 65 Views

Island Health is working to improve health care

Re: “A new ER reality — a drop in standards of care,” commentary, June 3.

As noted in the commentary, the health system is especially busy and we’re seeing more patients requiring emergency care and more people needing hospital admission.

Emergency department physicians and staff are supporting these higher volumes while we work with hospitalists (physicians who provide care to most hospital-admitted patients) on workload, recruitment and retention concerns.

Significant additional work is underway to address some of these current challenges related to high patient volumes.

We are taking action to reduce

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Indigenous leaders not impressed with the Quebec healthcare bill

Violin17/06/2023 51 Views

A group supporting the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) met in Montreal’s Mont Royal Park for a spirit walk to raise funds and build reconciliation in the city.

The goal is to raise money for a retreat for women and children at the shelter.

“It’s a spiritual retreat with ceremonies and different elders and facilitators who come and offer tools. Nobody goes to a shelter because they want to,” said shelter executive director Nakuset.

This year’s walk coincides with Indigenous leaders’ reaction to the Quebec government’s Bill 32 (Loi instaurant l’approche de sécurisation culturelle au sein du réseau de

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Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLV) Stock Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average of $132.47

Violin10/06/2023 43 Views

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLV – Get Rating)’s share price crossed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $132.47 and traded as low as $128.78. Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund shares last traded at $130.02, with a volume of 6,578,507 shares changing hands.

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Trading Up 0.6 %

The company’s fifty day moving average is $131.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $132.47. The stock has a market cap of $38.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.12 and a beta

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Maine considers ending the mandate vaccine for health care workers

Violin08/06/2023 33 Views

AUGUSTA, Maine — The administration of Gov. Janet Mills is conducting a review that could lead to the state following the federal government and other Democratic-led states in ending a controversial vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Roughly half of states instituted vaccine mandates at some point during the pandemic, but Gov. Janet Mills put Maine’s 2021 requirement among the most rigid ones by allowing no testing alternative for workers who did not want to be vaccinated. Conservatives here rallied in opposition to it, turning the mandate into a wedge issue with the Democratic governor.

The national landscape has shifted

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