Saint Joseph Hospital in Nashua is alerting patients that as of Jan. 1, 2025, they are no longer part of Anthem’s insurance network, according to the New Hampshire Insurance Department.
Business & Economy
AI thought X-rays of your knees show if you drink beer—they don’t: Dartmouth Health Study
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Dartmouth Health study shows how easily AI models can give right answers for wrong reasons
Business & Economy
Council Tables Contract with Dartmouth Health To Lease and Run Hampstead Hospital
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A contract with Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth Health) to operate the state’s new psychiatric hospital for youths at Hampstead Hospital was tabled for two weeks by the state’s Executive Council, with questions about state control, oversight and the future of state employees there.
Business & Economy
Committee Approves Audit of Doorway Addiction Services Program
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On Tuesday, the last day of the current state Legislature, a joint committee approved the plan for an audit of the Doorway program, which aims to connect people suffering from substance abuse disorders with services.
Business & Economy
Big ARPA Spending Ok’d for New YDC, Fish Hatchery Renovation, Highway Upgrades
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The state is undertaking a massive, $50.7 million modernization project of its fish hatchery at New Hampton to help clean up the water from fish waste, improve and create efficiencies and protect the trout from predators like otters, osprey and eagles.
Health & Mental Health
Biden, Sanders Tout Success in Bringing Down Drug Prices at NHTI Event
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President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., came to New Hampshire Tuesday to tout “consequential progress” in taking on what Sanders called “the greed of the pharmaceutical industry” through the Inflation Reduction Act.
Health & Mental Health
While Exeter Hospital Terminated Care Providers, It Paid $9M To Its Top Executives, Councilor Says
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At the same time that Beth Israel/Lahey Hospital is closing its doors on some care it provides the Seacoast region at Exeter Hospital, it is paying its top eight executives $9 million in salaries, said Executive Councilor Janet Stevens of Rye.
Health & Mental Health
Last of ARPA Funds Committed by Fiscal Committee, Mostly for Mental Health Care
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CONCORD – With the clock running out on the state spending federal American Rescue Act funds, Gov. Chris Sununu went to the legislative fiscal committee Friday to ask for the last of the commitments to the almost $1 billion in post COVID-19 recovery funds received in New Hampshire.
Business & Economy
Half of NH’s Medicare Advantage Insured May Need New Plan: Insurance Dept.
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Based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2022-2023, around 44,000 seniors in New Hampshire – more than half of the state’s Medicare Advantage population – may need to choose a new plan or carrier.
Environment & Science
Record Cyanobacteria Season Ends with $500,000 ARPA Funds for Towns
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State officials saw records broken for the number of months of posted warnings for cyanobacteria on lakes and ponds and while awareness has increased, funding to address the problem has not kept up.