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Massachusetts Nurse Needs Helping Hand As She Recovers From Summer Stroke Massachusetts Nurse Needs Helping Hand As She Recovers From Summer Stroke
Massachusetts Nurse Needs Helping Hand As She Recovers From Summer Stroke A 58-year-old woman who has spent most of her life helping others heal needs people to return the favor as she recovers from a stroke from earlier this year, according to her family. Doreen Barker suffered a "massive, right-sided stroke" that landed her in critical care at Mass General Hospital in July, her family wrote on a GoFundMe page. Barker, who worked as a registered nurse for over a decade, is now going through rehab while under her family's care. "Doreen has a long road ahead of her," the page reads. "She has limited speech and paralysis in her right arm and leg and cannot wal…

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by David Cifarelli
News
Audit: $800K Suspiciously Spent By County Retirement Board On Raises, Travel, Scams, More Audit: $800K Suspiciously Spent By County Retirement Board On Raises, Travel, Scams, More
Audit: $800K Suspiciously Spent By County Retirement Board On Raises, Travel, Scams, More Some people are calling for the Chairman of the regional retirement board to resign after an audit found hundreds of thousands of dollars in suspicious expenditures - including $250,000 for “search engine optimization” on a state-run website. Other details that emerged from the audit include: Suspicious travel expenses on Cape Cod, Spending about $450,000 on health insurance and wages for two part-time attorneys who did not qualify for the benefit, and a raise for the chairman that no one seems to have authorized. The issue has been reported to enforcement agencies, said the audit’s auth…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Bargain Ambulance Rides For $40 Via Unique Subscription Bargain Ambulance Rides For $40 Via Unique Subscription
Bargain Ambulance Rides For $40 Via Unique Subscription Ludlow is offering a unique deal on future emergency ambulance rides. For a $40 per year subscription, a household can be assured that they won’t have to pay anything out-of-pocket for using the town's emergency ambulance services. Ludlow’s offer stands out amid an uncertain emergency services landscape where a person cannot be assured ahead of time whether their health insurance - if they have any - will be accepted by an ambulance provider. Surprise emergency medical bills have become a problem for many Americans.  In almost 80 percent of scenarios, an emergency ambulance ride lead…

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by Kristin Palpini
Business
MassHealth Initiates Plan To Cut Off Worcester Nursing Home Due To Poor Care MassHealth Initiates Plan To Cut Off Worcester Nursing Home Due To Poor Care
MassHealth Initiates Plan To Cut Off Worcester Nursing Home Due To Poor Care A Worcester nursing home is among three facilities MassHealth is threatening to cut off due to alleged poor performance. Hermitage Healthcare in Worcester, as well as Town and Country in Lowell, and Wareham Healthcare in Wareham, were issued initial termination notices Monday, Aug. 3, according to the Boston Business Journal. The notice is the first step in the process to close a facility off from the state health insurance program for low-income families and those with disabilities. If MassHealth would cut off the facilities, it means that MassHealth would not pay for any of its clients to…

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by Kristin Palpini