A year ago this month, adult Medicaid recipients became eligible for dental benefits. It took 25 years of advocacy, education and legislative work to pass a comprehensive adult Medicaid oral health benefits bill that is and will continue to have a positive impact on the health and well-being of over 90,000 New Hampshire residents, some of whom have not been able to see a dentist in over a decade.
Have you seen the signs thanking heroes emerging during the Covid-19 pandemic? I haven’t seen one listing dental professionals, but I think they should be included. In fact, outside every dental office a sign should appear that says, “Heroes Work…
Current eligibility rules limit access to affordable dental care
The consequences have a direct effect on the bottom line
We cannot afford to ignore this health emergency
In the last few months, I became aware that most oral health and dental services for Veterans at the Manchester VA Medical Center have been eliminated. While the reasons are complicated, and there are some exceptions, many veterans who rely…
Former state board chair looks back at his tenure
With today’s political landscape, we need more businesses to step up to the plate to handle critical health issues in New Hampshire and not wait for the state or federal government to act. While we are all pointing fingers at…
A new effort calls for 65% of NH’s working-age population to hold a postsecondary credential or degree by 2025
The law affects dental care in one key way
The annual assessment is part of the way schools are held accountable for the almost $1 billion the state spends on education
In 2016, employers will be able to offer employees a choice of health and dental plans
A number of bills proposed in the Legislature would undo the progress we’ve made
Passage of anti-standards bills would be a blow to Granite State companies
Aug. 8 forum can provide answers to small businesses
The vote is a culmination of months of organizing by nurses, fueled by concerns about chronic staffing shortages, burnout and corresponding worries about nurse and patient safety as a result.
After two years of extensive evaluation of various affiliation models, the Littleton Regional Healthcare (LRH) Board of Trustees has chosen Dartmouth Health (DH) as its preferred partner. LRH and DH have signed a letter of intent, which serves as the next step toward LRH joining the Dartmouth Health system.
Educational institutions and hospitals are taking steps to help alleviate New Hampshire’s primary care doctor shortage by trying to expand the pipeline of doctors to help replace those who are leaving.
It’s getting harder for patients to find a doctor as wait times and barriers to access grow
Meet Samii, the mannequin who is bedridden in the AI Simulation Lab, one of the drawing cards to the new $32 million home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saint Anselm College.
Two for-profit methadone clinics in Derry and Salem are under investigation as part of a statewide initiative looking into unnecessary barriers patients might face when seeking treatment for opioid addiction.
Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center (BASC) has added a powerful new tool to its orthopedic suite: endoscopic spine surgery.
Lebanon company’s breast cancer locator won the nh tech alliance’s product of the year in 2021
Novo Nordisk has lowered its full-year 2025 sales and operating profit forecasts due to weaker-than-expected growth in its key obesity and diabetes drugs, the Danish drugmaker announced Tuesday. Novo Nordisk employs more than 400 people at its West Lebanon, NH, location.
