Community Health Needs Assessment update
An expanded collaborative, now including Central Maine Healthcare and the Maine Center for Disease Control (MeCDC) in addition to Eastern Maine Health, MaineHealth, and Maine General Health, recently issued an update to the state Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The portion of the report specific to Lincoln County may be found here: The CHNA was […]
ANNUAL REPORT
At the annual meeting on January 25, 2016 Gerald Homer, president of the corporation presented the Annual Report summarizing the activities and accomplishments of the Boothbay Region Health Center in 2015. The meeting was held at the Community Center at the Meadow Mall and was attended by members of the Boothbay Region Health & Wellness Foundation […]
2015-16 Medicare penalties for Hospital Safety Incidents
[The following is an excerpt from an article in Kaiser Health News. To see the entire original article go to: http://khn.org/news/medicare-penalizes-758-hospitals-for-safety-incidents/ ] by Jordan Blau, Kaiser Health News December 10, 2015 Medicare is lowering its 2016 payments by 1 percent for 758 hospitals nationwide with high rates of potentially avoidable infections and complications such as […]
Community Care Partnership of Maine
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) and ten other community healthcare organizations across the state have joined together to form Community Care Partnership of Maine (CCPM), an Accountable Care Organization collectively committed to improving the quality and effectiveness of health care delivery in Maine and reducing unnecessary healthcare costs. The eleven partner organizations include the following: […]
Boothbay Region Health Center receives $100K matching grant
Boothbay Region Health Care has received a large grant to help establish a new community health center. The gift is from a seasonal Boothbay resident who wishes to remain anonymous. Read full article