Patty Wight
News Reporter and HostPatty is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient stories, physical health to mental health and anything in between. Patty joined Maine Public Radio in 2012 after producing stories as a freelancer for NPR programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She got hooked on radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and hasn’t looked back ever since.
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Leaders at DFD Russell said in a written statement that they face many financial pressures: from losing a vital community grant, to low reimbursement rates from commercial insurers, to ongoing uncertainty around Medicare and Medicaid.
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Dr. Merideth Norris was sentenced earlier this month in federal court to three years of probation and community service.
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Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent has signed an agreement with Houlton Regional Hospital to provide executive management services for one year. -
Some are fasting from dawn to dusk. Others are restricting their intake to 250 calories a day, which is in line with the amount of food Gazans have access to. -
Browntail moth populations in Maine are continuing to decline from a peak in 2022, according to the state Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry. -
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England says it would lose millions in Medicaid reimbursement under the reconciliation bill passed last week by U.S. House Republicans. -
The bill would allow providers to request that prescription labels for Mifepristone, Misoprostol, and their generics be printed with the name of the prescribing health care facility, rather than the clinician. -
Most of Inland Hospital's associated clinics and practices will close. But a walk-in clinic in Waterville and two primary care offices in Unity and Madison will remain open. Northern Light Continuing Care Lakewood is unaffected by the hospital's closure. -
Portland police arrested 20 activists Wednesday afternoon as they staged a so-called "die-in" to protest the ongoing war in Gaza and the lack of humanitarian aid for Palestinians.
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Dr. Dora Anne Mills, chief health improvement officer at MaineHealth, said the findings for youth are concerning.
