Central Maine Healthcare's Bridgton Hospital has been named one of the country's “62 Critical Access Hospitals to Know in 2017” by Becker's Hospital Review.
Central Maine Healthcare, an integrated health system that includes Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, is closing facilities in Auburn and Mechanic Falls in a cost-cutting step that will eliminate 31 jobs.
Central Maine Healthcare has hired a nationally recognized health care leader to guide business development efforts at Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital.
Central Maine Healthcare has hired Illinois-based consulting firm Kaufman Hall to develop a plan for the hospital system's future in the face of a significant budgetary shortfall over the past fiscal year.
The federal government has filed documents with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland stating the Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick is no longer eligible to receive Medicare and Medicaid service payments after terminating its inpatient services on June 18.
Central Maine Healthcare Corp. in Lewiston claims that Brunswick-based Parkview Adventist Medical Center, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, owes it and its Lewiston hospital affiliate more than $13 million.