Sweetser Will End Clinic-Based Therapy Program, Affecting 450 Consumers In Maine

Sweetser, a mental health provider organization based in Maine, announced it is ending its clinic-based therapy program, which will affect 450 children and adults. Sweetser’s clinic-based therapy, which is offered at five locations from York to Lewiston, will end by mid-December 2019. Other services at those locations will continue, as will therapy services in the community, including those offered at public schools and primary care offices.

The non-profit organization made the decision because reimbursement rates from both the state and from private insurers are not sufficient to support the service. The organization will work to . . .