Mental Health hammer to State control. Very bad. Very Dangerous.
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/08/12/news/state/maine-dhhs-proceeds-with-plan-to-build-facility-for-mentally-ill-patients/?ref=comments
Maine DHHS proceeds with plan to build facility for mentally ill patients
8/2016 New Courthouses Site Searches Underway
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/02/25/news/state/lawmakers-to-consider-95m-plan-for-courthouses-in-waldo-york-oxford-counties/
Lawmakers to consider $95M plan for courthouses in Waldo, York, Oxford counties
Below links closures of mental health facilities to monopoly MaineHealth with Department of Defense and contractors- Sequel Behavioral (Polk County Detention) and Sweetser. Heavy players in Belfast linking to Bangor, Rockland, Brunswick and Portland.
1. Belfast resident players connected to MaineHealth/Mental Health/Department of Defense
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Stephen Ryan, FMM Chair, Belfast. Steve is President/CEO of Maine Network for Health, a provider-owned organization specializing in healthcare business support services including payment contracts, business office functions and quality improvement assistance. He holds a M.S. degree in Health Care Administration from Simmons College in Boston. Steve is active with various statewide healthcare-related boards and committees, and volunteers in his hometown of Belfast by serving on the city’s Planning Board and assisting with the annual Maine Celtic Celebration which is coming up this year on July 18-20th. He lives in Belfast with his wife, Carla, and two of their three children
MAINE NETWORK FOR HEALTH
80 Exchange Street | Suite #603
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 942-2844
Maine Network for Health ~ Provide credentialing, contracting, and quality improvement support for the Maine healthcare community. Our strong team of qualified professionals is dedicated to supporting Maine primary care practices, specialty practices, health centers, and hospitals to provide efficient and high-quality healthcare. Our Network includes 12 hospitals and 1,380 healthcare providers across seven counties in eastern and northern Maine.
Website: Maine Network for Health
The actual Maine Network for Health website is shady. http://qid.mainequalitycounts.org/organization/maine-network-for-health
As is the take over of Maine Healthcare with all the connected Belfast Worth (Judge Patricia Worth, MMA John Worth III, Worth Real Estate...) Network and beyond. Where my tiny street and home has been under constant assault by the City (for 50+ years) and Maine Healthcare in my back yard since I was sold this undisclosed hell in 6/2010. More on the current planning/zoning corruption on www.boycottbelfast.blogspot.com and some below.
4/20/16, The Republican Journal reported more MaineHealth taking to profit Sequel and network Mobstah Lobstahs.
Three home health agencies to combine May 1
Apr 20, 2016
Saco — Three home health and hospice agencies serving the needs of Maine residents will come together May 1 to form a unified organization with a new name, according to a press release from MaineHealth. HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice and Waldo County Home Care and Hospice will join together to become MaineHealth Care at Home, offering clinical services in Cumberland, York, Lincoln, Waldo, Knox and southern Oxford counties.
The demand for home care and hospice services in Maine remains strong, the release says. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine has the highest median age of any state, and ranks third in the share of the population over age 65. In addition, more than half of Mainers are living with a chronic illness, such as cancer, diabetes or asthma.
As a member of MaineHealth, Northern New England’s largest not-for-profit integrated health system, MaineHealth Care at Home will continue to provide a full range of services to patients with the same staffs of nurses, rehabilitation therapists, home health aides and social workers employed in their local communities. Services include home health care, private-duty home care, palliative care, rehabilitative therapies, pediatric home health care services, telehealth, and community health and wellness throughout the service area. MaineHealth Care at Home hospice services will be provided in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties, and at Sussman House at the Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockland.
For more information, call 800-660-4867.
MaineHealth
https://www.mainehealth.org/
A nonprofit corporation...
Education, Counseling and Support
SequelCare of Maine is made up of two divisions which are Behavioral Health and Home Health. Our statewide services are provided out of three regional offices in Belfast, Brewer, and Yarmouth Maine.
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Linking to Maine Health Waldo County Hospital and Penbay Regional. Exploding in Belfast. Groundbreaking takings. With key players on the board. JB Turner, President and part owner of Front Street Shipyard. John Worth III- Worth Real Estate, Maine Maritime Academy, heavily connected state wide and in marriage to Judge Patricia Worth (documented corrupt). President and attorney Lee Woodward. Belfast City Hall officials, attorney's, real estate agents, Chamber of Commerce, the RSU71 administration, the connected list is endless.
Mark Biscone
Executive Director, Waldo County Healthcare
Interim CEO, Pen Bay Healthcare
Members of the Waldo County Healthcare Board of Directors are, seated from left, J.B. Turner, John Worth III, David Flanagan, Peter Haddock, Wayne Hamilton, James Patterson, Ed.D and Benjamin Mailloux, MD (medical staff president). Standing from left are Catherine Reynolds, Syrena Gatewood, Lee Woodward Jr., Dale Kuhnert, Ann Hooper, Jenness Robbins, and James Delehanty, MD
Missing from the photo are: William Caron, CEO, MaineHealth and Kent Clark, MD. The officers of the board are: Lee Woodward Jr., president; Dale Kuhnert, vice-president; James Patterson, secretary; and Catherine Reynolds, treasurer.
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Maine Maritime Academy Castine- Belfast City Manager/attorney Joe Slocum was Castine Town Manager and MaineHeatlh board John Worth III (Worth Real Estate, wife is Judge Patricia Worth) is heavily connected to Maine Maritime AcademyC.
Maine Health in collaboration with the Department of Defense continues assault on independent agencies and private practices. Shut down take over. Full access to records of your "wellness" as diagnosed by Maine Health in collaboration with DoD. We have been watching in horror as groups homes, group businesses for the disabled, mental health support agencies, addiction support agencies, private practices are closing like the devil. Indeed. White, Pink and Blue Collars in place, prepared and take. Local to Augusta to Department of Defense.
Maine Governor LePage, DHHS and Attorney General Janet Mills cutting services to the many made vulnerable and unhealthy by the system. Looking to increase prison with victim patients. Those avoiding prison, will be sent Maine Health contractors Sequel and Sweetser in collaboration with other contractors, drug/insurance companies, facilities, Restorative Justice Programs and their contractors... the network is massive. Linking in local to State for profit players from the non profits. Follow the Mobstah Lobstah's profiting from Portland to Brunswick to Belfast to Bucksport to Bangor (surely beyond but out of my scope) to Castine to Augusta to Federal. Under the umbrella of the Department of Defense, MaineHealth, DHHS, Maine Maritime Academy, Belfast's very own and very many. Many listed below and on www.boycottbelfast.blogspot.com.
Three home health agencies to combine May 1
Apr 20, 2016
Saco — Three home health and hospice agencies serving the needs of Maine residents will come together May 1 to form a unified organization with a new name, according to a press release from MaineHealth. HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice and Waldo County Home Care and Hospice will join together to become MaineHealth Care at Home, offering clinical services in Cumberland, York, Lincoln, Waldo, Knox and southern Oxford counties.
The demand for home care and hospice services in Maine remains strong, the release says. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine has the highest median age of any state, and ranks third in the share of the population over age 65. In addition, more than half of Mainers are living with a chronic illness, such as cancer, diabetes or asthma.
As a member of MaineHealth, Northern New England’s largest not-for-profit integrated health system, MaineHealth Care at Home will continue to provide a full range of services to patients with the same staffs of nurses, rehabilitation therapists, home health aides and social workers employed in their local communities. Services include home health care, private-duty home care, palliative care, rehabilitative therapies, pediatric home health care services, telehealth, and community health and wellness throughout the service area. MaineHealth Care at Home hospice services will be provided in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties, and at Sussman House at the Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockland.
For more information, call 800-660-4867.
The demand for home care and hospice services in Maine remains strong, the release says. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine has the highest median age of any state, and ranks third in the share of the population over age 65. In addition, more than half of Mainers are living with a chronic illness, such as cancer, diabetes or asthma.
As a member of MaineHealth, Northern New England’s largest not-for-profit integrated health system, MaineHealth Care at Home will continue to provide a full range of services to patients with the same staffs of nurses, rehabilitation therapists, home health aides and social workers employed in their local communities. Services include home health care, private-duty home care, palliative care, rehabilitative therapies, pediatric home health care services, telehealth, and community health and wellness throughout the service area. MaineHealth Care at Home hospice services will be provided in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties, and at Sussman House at the Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockland.
For more information, call 800-660-4867.
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/19/news/hancock/maine-maritime-academy-seeks-to-buy-land-at-former-bucksport-mill-site/
BUCKSPORT, Maine — The Maine Maritime Academy has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire approximately six acres at the former Verso paper mill site in Bucksport, a school official said Tuesday.
MMA is “in the early stages” of establishing a safety and offshore survival institute at the site, MMA President William J. Brennan acknowledged late Tuesday afternoon when contacted by the BDN...
2..Now link to Maine Health and Department of Defense
http://www.mainehealth.org/mh_body.cfm?id=7335
http://www.mainehealth.org/mh_...
Maine Blackwater Health System
Department of Defense link model Blackwater to Maine Health System to Maine DHHS to Alexander Group. Contract out services to Sweetser, Sequel and Restorative Justice Detention. Via connected Judge. Layer accountability. These "sudden" closure are only "sudden" to the public
http://www.mainehealth.org/mh_...
MaineHealth Selected as Innovation Partner in
National High-Value Health Collaborative Health systems and Department of Defense join collaborative to share data on outcomes,
quality and costs across range of costly conditions and treatments
National High-Value Health Collaborative Health systems and Department of Defense join collaborative to share data on outcomes,
quality and costs across range of costly conditions and treatments
PORTLAND, Maine - May 17, 2011- MaineHealth, the state's largest integrated healthcare system, announced its selection as an innovation partner in the High-Value Health Collaborative formed by Mayo Clinic, Denver Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Cleveland Clinic and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The collaborative will determine best practices for delivering healthcare and rapidly disseminate actionable recommendations to providers and health systems across the United States. In addition to achieving better quality and outcomes, the collaborative intends to improve the efficiency of standard clinical care delivery to reduce the per capita cost and to keep costs in pace with the consumer price index.
Dr. James N. Weinstein, director of The Dartmouth Institute and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, said, "We believe that physicians and healthcare leaders are in a key position to implement meaningful change that makes care safer, more efficient, more effective and more attuned to each patient's needs and preferences. At the same time, based on our research and individual experience, we know that by doing this, we actually lower costs."
"MaineHealth is excited about the opportunity to contribute to the body of knowledge and learn from the other partners in the collaborative," said Bill Caron, president of MaineHealth. "We believe that one of the keys to our continued success is our ability to glean knowledge about innovations and advances in clinical care from the most sophisticated healthcare organizations in the nation and adapt them to our health system."
Vance Brown, chief medical officer for MaineHealth added, "MaineHealth has taken a leadership role in developing and implementing cutting-edge clinical integration and community-health improvement initiatives. For example, our Clinical Improvement Registry/Nurse Care Management Program has helped MaineHealth markedly improve quality care for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease."
MaineHealth is well positioned to partner with other members of the collaborative. Communities served by MaineHealth include some of Maine's most sparsely populated and remote areas, as well as the state's most populous, economically and ethnically diverse cities. With a median age of 41.2, Maine is the "oldest" state in the nation, with almost 58 percent of Maine elders living in rural areas, more than twice the national average. Lessons learned from MaineHealth's success and capacity for developing, implementing and spreading innovation across diverse settings is transferable to other communities in the country.
MaineHealth was selected by the founding collaborative group based on a nomination and review process. Criteria included having strong research and quality improvement processes; a robust health information technology infrastructure; a commitment of personnel, operational, and financial resources; and demonstrated experience in collaboration across institutions. Other members include Baylor Health Care System, Beaumont Hospitals, Providence Health and Services, Scott & White Health Care, Sutter, UCLA Health System, University of Iowa Health Care, Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Military Health System of the Department of Defense.
The collaborative is working together in nine increasingly prevalent condition/disease-specific areas that have been shown to have wide variation in rates, costs and outcomes nationally: total knee replacement, diabetes, asthma, hip surgery, heart failure, perinatal care, depression, spine surgery and weight-loss surgery.
Data on total knee replacement, a procedure that is performed more than 300,000 times a year in the U.S., with a cost that averages $16,000 to $24,000 per surgery, has been collected from the founding institutions and is currently being analyzed. Concurrently, work on diabetes has begun. Data analytics are facilitated through The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, the coordinating arm of the collaborative. The Dartmouth Institute, home to the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, has more than 20 years of experience analyzing complex Medicare claims data and disseminating the findings.
About MaineHealthMaineHealth is a not-for-profit family of leading high-quality providers and other healthcare organizations working together so their communities are the healthiest in America. Ranked among the nation's top 100 integrated delivery networks, MaineHealth includes the following member organizations: Lincoln County Healthcare (Miles Memorial Hospital and St. Andrews Hospital & Healthcare Center), Maine Medical Center, Maine Mental Health Partners (Spring Harbor Hospital), Pen Bay Healthcare (Pen Bay Medical Center), Southern Maine Medical Center, Waldo County Healthcare (Waldo County General Hospital), Western Maine Health (Stephens Memorial Hospital), HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, Maine Physician Hospital Organization, NorDx and Synernet. Affiliates of MaineHealth include MaineGeneral Medical Center, Mid Coast Hospital, New England Rehabilitation Hospital and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
About the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical PracticeThe Dartmouth Institute aspires to be the preeminent research and educational institution devoted to the ongoing reform of the U.S. healthcare system. Its vision is to achieve a patient-centered, high-quality, cost-effective healthcare system with access and excellence for all. http://tdi.dartmouth.edu
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Contact:
Contact: Mark Harris
VP, Marketing
MaineHealth
207662-7559
Who is MaineHealth?MaineHealth is a not-for-profit family of leading high-quality providers and other healthcare organizations working together so their communities are the healthiest in America. Ranked among the nation's top 100 integrated healthcare delivery networks, MaineHealth member organizations include Maine Medical Center, Lincoln County Health Care, Maine Behavioral Healthcare, Memorial Hospital, Pen Bay Medical Center, Southern Maine Health Care, Waldo County General Hospital, Western Maine Health, HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, NorDx, Synernet and Franklin Community Health Network. Affiliates of MaineHealth include MaineGeneral Health, Mid Coast-Parkview Health, New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland and St. Mary's Health System. |
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MaineHealth Management Team
 | William L. Caron, Jr. President MaineHealth 110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7001 Fax: (207) 661-7029 caronw@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Mark Biscone Executive Director, Waldo County Healthcare Interim CEO, Pen Bay Healthcare
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 | Terri Cannan Senior Vice President, Marketing & CommunicationsMaineHealth 110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 662-5687 Fax: (207) 661-7029 tcannan@mmc.org | ||
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 | Timothy A. ChurchillPresident, Western Maine Healthcare Interim CEO, Franklin Community Health Network
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 | Deborah Deatrick, MPHSenior Vice President, Community Health MaineHealth110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7001 Fax: (207) 661-7029 deatrd@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Donna DeBloisPresident HomeHealth Visiting Nurses15 Industrial Park Road Saco, ME 04072 Phone (207) 284-4566 Fax (207) 282-4148 ddeblois@homehealth.org | ||
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 | James W. DonovanPresident & CEO Lincoln County Healthcare PO Box 417 Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538 Phone: (207) 633-1901 jdonovan@lcservices.org | ||
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 | Robert Frank Senior Vice President & General Counsel MaineHealth110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7010 Fax: (207) 661-7029 frankr1@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Katie Fullam HarrisSenior Vice President, Government Relations and Accountable Care MaineHealth110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7001 Fax: (207) 661-7029 harrik2@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Mark Harris Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning MaineHealth 110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7001 Fax: (207) 661-7029 harrim6@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Elizabeth H. Johnson, M.D., M.S.Chief Executive Officer MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 482-7050 Fax: (207) 771-2005 ehjohnson@mmc.org | ||
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 | Dennis P. KingChief Executive Officer Maine Behavioral Healthcare 123 Andover Road Westbrook, ME 04092 Phone: (207) 761-2200 Fax: (207) 761-2108 kingd@springharbor.org | ||
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 | Robert A. McArtor, M.D. Chief Medical Officer MaineHealth 110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7001 Fax: (207) 661-7029 mcartr@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Edward J. McGeachey, IIIPresidentSouthern Maine Health CareP.O. Box 626 Biddeford, ME 04005-0626 Phone: (207) 283-7220 Fax: (207) 283-7020 exe.ejm@smmc.org | ||
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 | Colin T. McHughSenior Vice President, Network Development & Contracting MaineHealth 110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7001 Fax: (207) 661-7029 cmchugh@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Scott McKinnonPresident & CEO Memorial Hospital3073 White Mountain, Hwy North Conway, NH 03860 Phone: (603) 356-5461 smckinnon@memorialhospitalnh.org | ||
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 | Andrea Dodge PatstoneSenior Vice President, System Development MaineHealth110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 661-7001 Fax: (207) 661-7029 patsta@mainehealth.org | ||
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 | Richard W. Petersen President & CEO Maine Medical Center 22 Bramhall Street Portland, ME 04102 Phone: (207) 662-2491 Fax: (207) 662-6202 peterri@mmc.org | ||
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 | W. Stanley Schofield President NorDx 301 A U.S. Route One Scarborough, ME 04074-9308 Phone: (207) 396-7888 Fax: (207) 396-7805 schofs@mmc.org | ||
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 | Christopher Sprowl, M.D. President Maine Medical Partners 301C US Route 1 Scarborough, ME 04074 Phone: (207) 396-8600 Fax: (207) 396-8632 csprowl@mmc.org | ||
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 | Albert G. Swallow IIIExecutive Vice President and Treasurer MaineHealth110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone (207) 661-7001 Fax (207) 661-7029 swalla@mmc.org | ||
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 | Gerald J. Vicenzi President & CEO Synernet 110 Free Street Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 771-3456 Fax: (207) 775-3415 gvicenzi@synernet.net | ||
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 | Marjorie S. Wiggins, R.N., MBA, DNP(c), NEA-BC Senior Vice President, Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer Maine Medical Center 22 Bramhall Street Portland, ME 04102 Phone: (207) 662-2751 wiggim@mmc.org | ||
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| Chris ChekrourasPresident & CEO St. Mary’s Health System 93 Campus Avenue Lewiston, ME 04240 Phone: (207) 777-8100 | |||
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 | Chuck Hays PresidentMaineGeneral Health149 North Street Waterville, ME 04901 Phone: (207) 872-1600 Fax: (207) 872-1594 | ||
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 | Lois Skillings, R.N.President & CEO Mid Coast Health Services 123 Medical Center Drive Brunswick, ME 04011 Phone: (207) 373-6000 | ||
3.. Link to Clink
Prison for forensic patients and first time heroin possession. Yet the prescribing Dr.'s addicting opiates to heroin keep on scripting, feeding the system.
Belfast is open for business. Belfast Police Chief McFadden has insider information for busts through his secret brother-in-law- Tom the Time Warner Cable tech into area homes and computers, with "sudden" cable/internet issues. Mine "suddenly stopped" after I linked them as family. Tom had been to my home and accessing my computer, TOO MANY times. To Belfast residents - corrupt Judge Patricia Worth and husband- John Worth III (MMA, Real Estate, Board Member Maine Health) to The Restorative Justice Program and corrupt chairman Jay Davis to Sequel Care and director Judy Seals. Ms. Seals, Executive Director of SequelCare of Iowa started her career in the human services field over 20 years ago. Prior to joining Sequel Youth and Family Services in 2000, Ms Seals worked for Polk County Detention in the Centralized Intake Center. As the Community Liaison for the Intake Center; Ms. Seals was responsible for developing an assessment and referral process to meet the needs of juveniles coming into contact with law enforcement agencies with the goal of connecting these youth to community-based services.
A plan announced Monday by LePage and the Department of Health and Human Services seeks a law change to put forensic patients, temporarily, in the Maine State Prison in Warren.
Shockingly, Attorney General Janet Mills and Gov. Paul LePage both back the idea of increasing first-time heroin possession to a felony. They hope the more serious charge will motivate people addicted to heroin to seek treatment. Opponents of the measure feel having a felony criminal record will unnecessarily hinder people later on in their recovery.
Judy Seals
Executive Director
SequelCare of Maine
Ms. Seals, Executive Director of SequelCare of
Iowa started her career in the human services field over 20 years ago. Prior to joining Sequel Youth and Family Services in 2000, Ms Seals worked for Polk County Detention in the Centralized Intake Center. As the Community Liaison for the Intake Center; Ms. Seals was responsible for developing an assessment and referral process to meet the needs of juveniles coming into contact with law enforcement agencies with the goal of connecting these youth to community-based services.
Contact Information
Phone: 515-274-9607
Email: jseals@sequelcare.com
Here’s how the program works: Every morning, anyone arrested in Polk County within the past 24 hours appears before a judge. Tim Larson, team lead for the program, scours a database to determine whether those individuals have used the mental health services of Broadlawns Medical Center or Eyerly Ball, which provides adult mental health outpatient treatment and supported residential services. If they have used services or if they demonstrate a need for mental health services during their arrest or intake assessment, Larson accompanies them to their appearance
before the judge.
From Feb. 22, 2015, through June 10,2015, the program assisted 383 veterans. Staffed and funded with existing resources, the program has raised awareness among veterans of the services available to them.“It’s very hard to get veterans to talk about their mental disease. With this program, I can go to their cell door and talk with them,”Mortensen says. “We focus on getting them service-connected.”
AND DRUG ADDICTED
Pilot Program
Another component of the Polk County jail diversion program is a pilot program launched in 2013 with the Iowa Prescription Drug Corp. (IPDC), a nonprofit entity that provides prescription medications to Iowans who can’t afford them. In the pilot, people who need behavioral health medications who are released from jail can receive primary care services and up to 90 days’ worth of those medications at no cost.
“Making sure they get those medications is turning out to be a low-cost approach to reducing recidivism, says IPDC Executive Director Jon-Michael Rosmann.
From March 2013 through October 2014, of the 306 people incarcerated at the Polk County Jail who participated in the medication program, 115,or 37.6 percent, re-offended, compared with a recidivism rate of 71 percent of nonparticipating offenders with behavioral health disorders.
Now supported through the Iowa attorney general’s office, the programis “better for the patient, better for their families, cheaper for the jail and cheaper for the county,” Rosmann says. “It’s a win-win-win for all stakeholders and simply the right thing to do.”
What is Mental Illness?
The American Psychiatric Association defines mental disorders as major disturbances in an individual’s thinking, feelings or behavior that reflect problems in mental function. They are grouped on the basis of their symptoms and when they first appear in life. General categories of mental disorders include the following:
Anxiety disorders cause people to respond to certain objects or situations with fear and dread. These disorders can include obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorders, phobias and
post-traumatic stress disorders.
Behavioral disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, involve a pattern of disruptive behaviors in children that last for at least six months and cause problems in school, at home and in social situations.
Eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, involve extreme emotions, attitudes and behaviors involving weight and food.
Mood disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder, involve persistent feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuating between extreme happiness and extreme sadness.
Personality disorders cause extreme and inflexible personality traits that may cause problems at work, in school or in social relationships.
Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia bring about a range of symptoms, including hallucinations and delusions.
The Cost of Mental Illness
The National Institute of Mental Health conservatively estimates the total cost associated with serious mental illness, defined as those disorders that are severely debilitating and affect about 6 percent of
the adult population, to be over $300 billion per year in disability benefits, health care expenditures and loss of earnings. World Health Organization researchers ranked depression the most costly health condition and predicted it will become the second leading cause of disability worldwide in the next five years.
By the Numbers
You likely know multiple people whose lives have been touched by mental illness. Consider:
About 1 in 10 children lives with a serious mental or emotional disorder.
Approximately 90 percent of the 34,000 suicides committed in America per year are related to mental illness.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts almost 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans, 20 percent of Iraq War veterans and approximately 10 percent of veterans of wars in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.
Around 40 percent of the individuals incarcerated at the Polk County Jail are on psychotropic medications, used to treat symptoms of mental illnesses. About a third of the people who utilize Central Iowa Shelter and Services have a diagnosed mental illness, and likely many others have yet to be diagnosed.
There’s reason for hope, however: According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, between 70 and 90 percent of individuals have significant reduction of symptoms and improved quality of life with a combination of pharmacological and psychosocial treatments and supports. Early diagnosis and treatment are key.
Advocating for Broadlawns
A unique advocacy group is helping raise money for Broadlawns Medical Center. Formed in 2011 by Johnny Danos and Connie Wimer, Broadlawns Advocate Circle has raised about $5.7 million of its $10 million goal to support the center’s $37 million expansion of its mental health facilities and services.
In addition, the group is serving as a way to train young professionals to be the next generation of philanthropic leaders. Eight established community leaders, including Charlotte Hubbell, Doug Reichardt and Mary O’Keefe, serve as mentors, and 19 young professionals are the mentees.
Jonathan Brendemuehl, corporate communications manager for Bankers Trust and one of the mentees, says it was “easy to say yes” when he was asked to be a part of the Advocate Circle because “the stigma surrounding mental health and treatment baffles me. … Broadlawns provides critical mental health services, and it’s exciting to work on a campaign that will enhance these services.”
The opportunity to learn from the group’s mentors also attracted him, he says: “Advocating for improved access to quality care alongside some of our community’s most prolific leaders and philanthropists has been an incredibly rewarding experience.”
For more information, go to BroadlawnsFoundationAdvocateCircle.com.
4. Mental Health contracted out to Sweetser and Sequel (both in Belfast too)
4a .Comment links DHHS to Feds and Alexander Group. Contract out services. Layer accountability. These "sudden" closure are only "sudden" to the public
The DHHS commissioner "Is doing a heck of a job". The Guv defends the department's handling of all issues, and praised Mary Mayhew. Commissioner Mary Mayhew, was even honored by the state’s pre-eminent conservative think tank, the Maine Heritage Policy Center. You do not get a better endorsement than that.
She even hired a million dollar consultant, the Alexander Group, to help redesign Medicaid programs and get more flexibility from the federal government. Again, "Heck of a Job", Mary
4b. Shock Lock Out Belfast Group Home and Apparel. Link law firm Eaton Peabody (Brunswick, Bangor, Augusta, Ellsworth, Portland http://www.eatonpeabody.com/ ), through out corruption links I have uncovered for the past 6 years. Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum (attorney with links) continually lies and denies. 20 years in the making with massive unknowns to the public through the secret TPP aka Comprehensive Plan 2014.
Healthcare assault underway in Belfast since 2007, full throttle 2016. Eaton Peabody now the taking facilitator. Branching out to consulting to link Maine Mayor's together to get their wants heard in Augusta. Especially those in the MaineHealth/Dept. of Defense coalition. Eaton also will help get your construction project underway though their connections.
Sadly. I know one of the partners from Eaton Peabody. Judy Metcalf, we shared summers in Bayside since we were kids. I had sent her an email asking her for help before I knew she was connected. She never responded. I sent her another one asking for a referral for a woman's advocate attorney. She never responded. Very sad indeed. Sold out women, integrity and the Irish. Tsk, tsk.
BELFAST, Maine — Financial difficulties have caused a Belfast apparel factory which employed people with disabilities to suspend manufacturing, casting about 70 people out of work.
Group Home Foundation, the nonprofit organization that runs Little River Apparel, also will be shutting down a downtown Belfast house that has been the home for a dozen people with cognitive disabilities...
The foundation is searching for alternative housing for the residents.
“My understanding is they’re going to be in the general area,” Nickerson said. “We don’t want to upset these people’s lives.”
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/questions-multiply-after-high-street-group-home-closure-comes-to-light/1481716
...Nickerson, of Group Home Foundation, did not return several voicemail requests for comment.
An email circulated by Councilor Mike Hurley from Group Home Foundation's human resources director said the organization was directing all questions to Bruce Hochman, an attorney at Eaton Peabody in Portland.
Hochman did not immediately respond to multiple voicemail messages left Friday, Feb. 12.
4c. Merrymeeting Behavioral Health shut down. Farm out to Swee
Shock lock out to Merrymeeting Behavioral in Brunswick. "Rapid Response Team" to sign privacy files over to Sequel. Linking to Sweetser. "Pushing for residential" Which will be Sweetser or Restorative Justice Program/Detention Center. Betting Eaton Peabody is the law firm too.
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/04/health/mainers-struggling-in-wake-of-mental-health-care-provider-closing/?ref=comments
...Late last week, several Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates clients or their families were summoned to the company’s Pleasant Street headquarters to sign confidentiality waivers that would allow Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates to share their records with SequelCare of Maine, a for-profit company that provides behavioral health services as well as home- and community-based treatment, community support services, outpatient mental health, community integration services and daily living support.
Breen said Monday that she and her husband signed forms to allow Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates to share their daughter’s records with SequelCare, which has offices in Yarmouth, Belfast and Brewer. She said the provider was presented to them as an option for services, but that no other provider was mentioned. She and her husband are working with their daughter’s case manager to research what provider would best meet her needs.
“I was told by my workers that SequelCare is taking all of [Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates’] employees and their clients,” Deigan said. “The employees were to fill out applications and probably had to go through SequelCare training, so there would probably be a gap.”
Calls to SequelCare of Maine were not returned on Monday.
On March 28, the company posted on its Facebook page, inviting people who may have received a DHHS letter about losing services to join SequelCare of Maine in “a new, collaborative and integrative way of receiving case management” that includes access to “your case manager and a peer support partners to help you manage the symptoms of your mental illness on a regular basis. … The behind-the-scenes team includes a psychiatrist, a nurse, a doctor, a clinician and program managers.”
Samantha Edwards, spokeswoman for Maine DHHS, said Monday that she couldn’t speak about specific providers, but that “a number of providers” in the Brunswick area had contacted DHHS to say they could take on extra clients.
A rapid response team from DHHS met Monday with the clinical director at Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates to determine how best to redirect clients to new service providers after the abrupt closure on Friday.
By Beth Brogan, BDN Staff
Posted April 06, 2016, at 5:44 p.m
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Mental health rehabilitation worker Jacob Pelletier was driving in his car with a client on Friday afternoon when his team leader at Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates called to tell him he no longer had a job.
“She told me to lie to the client and tell them there’s an emergency, then take them home and end my day,” Pelletier said Wednesday.
Pelletier, along with nearly 200 other employees and state and local officials, had been told on March 28 that Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates would stop seeing clients on April 8, and close altogether on April 22, due to proposed state changes in reimbursement rates for MaineCare clients.
But last Friday, the company abruptly closed its doors without paying employees for hours worked and without providing state officials with information that would help them assist workers in finding new jobs...
Pelletier criticized the proposed changes.
“They’re pushing for residential care” for clients, Pelletier said. “These people can function in society, they can pay taxes. They just need encouragement and to have someone coming in a few hours a week. They’re paying me $10, $11 an hour. That’s cheaper than putting them in the hospital.”
Pelletier said that when the closure was first announced, workers were told to “transition clients out” of Merrymeeting to another service provider, SequelCare of Maine.
“We had forms we were to give out, when we gave them the news that they were losing services, to process their information quicker to SequelCare,” he said.
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The company closed abruptly a week before expected, panicking clients, advocates and others, many of whom testified that day before a legislative committee about the proposed cuts that would reserve the services for those suffering from only schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. ..
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Service providers and advocates for those with mental illness say the sudden closure of Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates tears a hole in a safety net promised by the government when state-run psychiatric institutions closed decades ago.
Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates in Brunswick on Monday notified state and local officials that it would close on April 22 because of anticipated cuts in the state’s reimbursement rates to providers of government-funded, community-based mental health services.
That means 400 people with disabilities or who otherwise need care will lose services abruptly, making them more vulnerable and potentially damaging their health, advocates said Wednesday.
The changes, to take effect on April 8 unless the Legislature intervenes, would affect adults and children with mental illnesses and other disabilities who receive government-funded Medicaid services in what is known as Section 17 of the MaineCare Benefits Manual.
Under the changes, mentally ill patients with MaineCare could only receive Section 17 services if they are diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services reportedly notified more than 24,000 Mainers recently that they could lose community support services.
“A large cut in the [home and community-based treatment] rate will increase youth suffering and disability and will increase reliance on institutional care (hospitals, residential treatment programs, and incarceration),” Tweed wrote. “We already have a serious problem with youth being stuck in emergency departments for days and weeks at a time waiting for placement in hospitals; cutting intensive in-home treatment will exacerbate that problem.”
Daly at Sweetser and Mid Coast Hospital spokesman Steve Trockman both said Wednesday that they expect to see an increase in patients after Merrymeeting closes.
“To have an agency that busy in the community having to close precipitously, I would imagine that will have a significant impact on us,” Daly said.
Merrymeeting Behavioral Health is the second midcoast Maine provider of services to DHHS clients in the past week to announce that it’s closing. Last week, Coastal Trans, which for 33 years provided rides to disabled individuals and others, announced that it would cease operations.
The Getchell Agency Inc., a Bangor-based social services provider, also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, citing changes in the state’s reimbursement practices.
**Below reversal is pointless. Sweetser is a done deal. Maine Behavioral knew this- both are in Belfast and holding hands. This is a tactic to sway the public into the smokescreen of "sudden" actions with the players feigning ignorance. While loose ends are tied. So clear to see, they do it consistently. Local to State to Federal. The contract runs out in June regardless.
State reverses decision to award mental health services to new provider
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/01/news/midcoast/state-reverses-decision-to-award-mental-health-services-to-new-provider/?ref=comments
Posted April 01, 2016, at 5:07 p.m.
ROCKLAND, Maine — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has reversed its decision to switch to a new provider of mental health services in four midcoast-area counties.
In December, DHHS had selected Sweetser to provide the services to clients in Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties. Sweetser would have replaced Maine Behavioral Healthcare, which had provided the service in the region for more than 20 years.
Maine Behavioral complained to a DHHS appeals board and the agency invalidated the contract award to Sweetser.
Now, Sweetser has 30 days to appeal that decision to a state court.
Stephanie Hanner, communications manager for Sweetser, said her organization was disappointed and that no decision on whether to appeal had been made yet.
She pointed out that the organization already serves more than 75 communities in the state, including in the midcoast area.
Maine Behavioral Healthcare Chief Executive Officer Dennis King said, “We are, of course, pleased that the appeal panel agreed with our arguments to invalidate the decision to award the midcoast region to another provider.
“We have had over 20 years’ successful experience working in that region and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with hospitals and other providers as we develop our care continuum,” he said.
The current contract with Maine Behavioral Health will run through June, according to King. He said he was unsure how much further the contract would be extended given the potential for an appeal. The contract that had been tentatively awarded to Sweetser was for a year.
“The ball is in their court,” King said.
Messages left with DHHS on Thursday morning were not returned.
Maine Behavioral Health has offices in Rockland and Belfast with 100 to 150 employees and 27 mobile crisis workers who meet with people either at those offices or at the hospital or their homes.
Maine Behavioral has strong ties to the hospitals in the midcoast area, including Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast. Maine Behavioral manages the psychiatric and recovery unit at Pen Bay, a service that will continue regardless of whether the Sweetser appeal is successful. Maine Behavioral is part of the MaineHealth network that includes PBMC, Waldo County and the Lincoln Health Miles Campus in Damariscotta.
“Sweetser offers Residential Services and Crisis Stabilization Services at one of our Belfast locations. We do not publish the addresses of our residences, but for information or to make a referral, contact the PromiseLine at 1-800-434-3000.”
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- Sweetser Named One of the 10 Largest Employers in the State , January 14, 2005
In its annual Book of Lists, released in early January, Mainebiz newspaper named Sweetser one of the 10th largest non-governmental employers in... - Sweetser Breaks Ground on New Barn One Year After Fire Destroys Historic Farm , June 01, 2005
Sweetser broke ground on June 1 for a new barn at the site of the former farm complex that was leveled by a fire in June of 2004. The new barn... - Sweetser Opens New Mental Health Center In Brunswick, Consolidating Twelve Locations Into One , February 11, 2005
Sweetser has opened a new mental health center at 329 Bath Road in Brunswick, consolidating twelve Bath and Brunswick locations into one facility.... - Sweetser to open School in Belfast , July 01, 2006
This fall, Sweetser will open a private, special purpose school in Belfast to meet the needs of children with high degrees of intellectual... - PROTEA Behavioral Health Services Moves to Saco Campus, June 04, 2007
PROTEA Behavioral Health Services, a division of Sweetser, will host an Open House at its new space at Brown Cottage on Sweetser’s Saco campus on. - Sweetser Steps In to Help Lewiston Area Families as Richardson Hollow Closes Doors, September 18, 2007
Maine’s Most Comprehensive Mental Health Network Takes Over Contracts of Lewiston-Based Agency As It Folds, Offers Guiding Hand to Community ... - Sweetser Partners with Martin's Point and Spurwink, May 29, 2012
Today, three leading Maine health care organizations are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership designed to better serve the health needs... - Sweetser Embarks on New Partnership with Passamaquoddy Tribe , April 20, 2012
Sweetser has embarked on two new programs in partnership with the Passamaquoddy Tribe. Sweetser now provides psychiatric care to those patients at... - Sweetser Partners with Wiscasset Family Medicine , April 03, 2012
Wiscasset, ME – Sweetser has partnered with Wiscasset Family Medicine, a primary care practice, to provide behavioral health services to patients...Posted on 10/29/2015 at 10:43 amPosted on 08/24/2015 at 04:14 pmPosted on 03/31/2015 at 02:17 pmPosted on 01/06/2015 at 01:54 pmViewed 742 timesSweetser will be hosting a Hiring Open House at our new Belfast location on 41 Wight Street, on Wednesday, January 14, from 4:00-7:00pm.
On-site interviews will be conducted, including for the following openings: Child Case Manager, School-based Clinicians and Home & Community Treatment Clinicians. There are also openings for Youth & Family Counselors in Rockport, Belfast and Winterport, and training will be provided.
Posted on 07/03/2014 at 03:10 pmRockport, ME - The merger of Harbor Family Services into Sweetser has been completed, strengthening the presence of mental health services in the midcoast area. The merger, which both organizations had been working toward was completed on Monday, July 1. The merger adds an additional six locations to Sweetser’s geographic reach. “We have...Posted on 10/01/2012 at 11:00 amBrunswick & Biddeford, ME – Sweetser's Dr. Edward Pontius recently partnered with the University of New England Physician Assistant Program to provide the psychiatric training module for physician assistant students. Dr. Pontius, a staff psychiatrist and clinical supervisor at Sweetser, has previously developed behavioral health clinical...
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Bangor, like many other well meaning communities, will follow the same path.
1) Employ for true high risk situations 1 or 2 times per year
2) With such a low deployment for true high risk issues, start upping the numbers for less important law enforcement duties such as "no knock" search warrents
3) With an ever increasing "need" to deploy the vehicle, request additional funds for vehicle maintenance and offer overtime.
4) After a year or so the next "logical" argument will be for improved police firepower and military gear ... after all why have a 200K vehicle if the officers don't have the proper individual equipment
5) If Bangor has a need than surely Old Town will have a need in a few years and the cycle continues.
But nothing to worrie about Bangor, just remember they came for the Jews first but most Germans didn't worrie because they weren't Jewish.
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Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck announced the delivery today of a state-of-the-art armored rescue vehicle, a Lenco BearCat. If the zombie apocalypse hits Portland anytime soon, I would not want to be the zombies.
This thing has thermal imaging capability, as well as chemical, biological, radioactive and explosive detection system, according to a city announcement.
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