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Centerpoint, which educates and counsels hundreds of teenagers, is poised to shut down

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Click to enlarge Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment Services, which has long provided counseling and educational services to hundreds of at-risk youth, is expected to close on Sept. 1 even as the number of teens needing mental health support soars. Centerpoint, which also operates a therapeutic school for teenagers, will close unless a new provider steps in, … Read more

8 times influencers opened up about their mental health issues and made it easier to talk about it

Influencers who talked about Mental Health

Not many of us say this very often, but the job of a full-time influencer and content creator isn’t as simple as we think. There is constant internal and external pressure involved, what’s more, the feedback is immediate. Of course, this feedback can be brutal on some days, which only adds to the pressure. But … Read more

Menu calorie labeling may reduce obesity-related cancer burden and health care costs

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From the heart: A retired music professor and cardiologist are bringing joy to Edward Hospital

Philip Spencer and David Kim bring their love of music to the Edward Hospital lobby.  Spencer plays every Tuesday and Thursday, and Kim comes by most Thursday mornings, his time permitting.

Don’t be surprised if the next time you’re at Edward Hospital you hear a jazz tune coming from the heart hospital management. NaperVoice founding director Philip Spencer spends Tuesdays and Thursdays tickling the ivories of a grand piano tucked away in the atrium. Sometimes, David Kim, a cardiologist at Naperville hospital, stops by to sing … Read more

Ohio spends a lot on Medicaid. But is his overall health up to par?

Marin Ackerman, 10, of Upper Arlington, receives a bandage after receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic for children ages 5 to 11 in 2021 at Nationwide Children's Hospital.  Children represent 1.33 million Ohioans who have Medicaid.

With the end of pandemic-era policies and benefits, Ohio officials estimate that as many as 280,000 of Ohio’s 3.55 million enrolled residents could lose Medicaid. About 1 million Americans have already lost coverage from the government-paid health insurance program for children, low-income adults, seniors, and people with disabilities since federally mandated automatic re-enrollment into the … Read more

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As part of $11 million effort to help Massachusetts residents maintain health coverage

Outreach worker Carrie Perez leaves information about MassHealth at the door of a home in Revere.  (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

At the community health center in downtown Lowell, patient navigator Abbas Tanner made one phone call among the dozens he and his colleagues reportedly made that day. On the line was a 29-year-old woman from Leominster who needed help renewing her insurance from MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program. Tanner asked a series of questions about … Read more

Patients squeezed into the fight over who gets to bill expensive infusion drugs

A photo of Paula Bruton Shepard receiving an infusion in a hospital.

Health insurers and medical providers are fighting over who should provide high-cost infusion drugs for patients, with the fight over profits now spilling into state homes across the country. The problem is that some insurers are bypassing hospital pharmacies and doctor’s offices and instead shipping more complex drugs through third-party pharmacies. Those pharmacies then ship … Read more

Cincinnati area children in crisis wait on the list for mental health care

A fourth grader works with a therapist at Best Point Education and Behavioral Health in Madisonville on June 13.  The nonprofit has a long waiting list of children in the region in need of mental health care.

More than 2,000 children are on a waiting list for mental health help at just one center in the Cincinnati area. The average waiting time to be seen by a professional: 98 days. That’s more than 2,000 parents who lie half awake at night listening and worrying about their children, said Kate Schroder, president and … Read more

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