Have you been avoiding counseling because the idea of sitting on a couch and spilling your guts just doesn’t conjure up happy images? Are you one of those people who finds it easier to talk when you’re actively doing something…… Read More ›
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A Message From The Bangor Police Department Regarding Scams
I’ve written a lot about scams over the years – mostly on my vintage & antiques website because small businesses are frequent targets of such nasty creatures, but also intermittently on a blog I call “Stories of Entitlement – or… Read More ›
Additional Medical Supports & Procedures Now Available Via Telehealth, per CMS
Special Edition – Thursday, October 15, 2020 Trump Administration Drives Telehealth Services in Medicaid and Medicare On October 14, CMS expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-for-Service will pay for during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). CMS… Read More ›
2 Offices Available for Clinicians to Rent!
Heritage Health Services’ new office suite at 124 Canal Street (Canal Plaza) in Lewiston now has two offices available to rent, beginning in August of 2020. Heritage Health Services also includes The Grief Warrior Project, which supports survivors of suicide… Read More ›
Three and a Half Hours with One Insurance Company and Counting…
This is why my clients pay me to do this work… I’ve been trying to determine the insurance deductible of a patient of one of my therapist clients. This isn’t a fly by night company I’m trying to reach. It’s… Read More ›
Hepatitis A Cases Rose Sharply in Kennebec, Aroostook and York Counties in 2019.
Hepatitis A Cases Rose Sharply in Kennebec, Aroostook, and York Counties in 2019 02/13/2020 10:49 AM EST A press release from Maine.gov. AUGUSTA – Maine saw a fivefold increase in hepatitis A cases last year, with the number of reported cases… Read More ›
When Your Co-Workers Make Jokes or Act Weird After Your Family Member’s Suicide
Suicide sucks. Suicide is a monster that will haunt you forever. Suicide is on the rise in the United States, and according to the most recent statistics from the CDC, is the tenth leading cause of death in our country…. Read More ›
Consumers Warned of Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Waterville (ME) Market
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MAINE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION (CDC) 01/24/2020 02:21 PM EST AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) have identified a case of… Read More ›
Shortchanging Mental Health Providers Just Hurts the Most Vulnerable
Years ago, I ran a 200+ employee mental health agency. When children’s case management services were privatized – meaning the State of Maine, which had been handling all the children’s case management services to that point – opened those services… Read More ›
Lyme Cases Reported to Maine CDC in 2019 Reach Record High
My late husband was always out in the woods, and never used any kind of tick repellent. He did pick ticks off himself (and I picked a couple as well) but surprisingly, not as many as one might expect. I… Read More ›
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