Maine Wins $33 Million To Test Health Care Innovations

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations Maine will receive up to $33 million from the federal government over the next three and a half years to test a plan to improve residents' health care while cutting costs. Maine and five other states are the first recipients of more than $250 million in funding awards made under the federal Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. The money is designed to help states find new ways of paying for and delivering health care that could ultimately lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's . . .