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A Maine health care provider is seeing multiple COVID-19 cases among staff every day

January 8, 2022 Sharika Soukup

It is only six days into 2022, and the John F. Murphy Homes organization has seen an average of two new COVID-19-related staff absences a day. That may not seem like much in a company with 835 workers centralized in Auburn. But CEO Todd Goodwin said the compounding number of absences is enough to destabilize…

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How provider networks help lower costs of care

November 27, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Clay Phillips is vice president of Provider Programs and Strategy at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Every year during open enrollment for health plans, many people have questions about their provider network options. You may ask, “How can I ensure my doctor is in the network I prefer? What are the differences between networks designated by…

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A major healthcare provider is suspending ‘almost all surgeries’ because nurses are swamped with treating unvaxxed people with COVID

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Intermountain Healthcare announced it would postpone “almost all surgeries” across several hospitals due to rising COVID-19 cases. The suspensions will occur for “several weeks” across 13 out of 24 hospitals within the system. “Our teams are overwhelmed and we’re running out of staffed beds for patients,” a press release from Intermountain said. See more stories…

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