Opioid treatment audit forces NH to pay back $7.9 million in federal funds

Monday, June 10, 2024Friday, July 22, 2022

The report also found New Hampshire lacked the resources to effectively enforce the state and federal opioid treatment standards. Only one person at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services was responsible for overseeing the Medicaid providers delivering these services, according to the auditors.

Cleanings, fillings and other preventative dental services will be available to NH adults on Medicaid next year

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, July 2, 2022

Tooth cleanings. X-rays. Cavity fillings. For years, these basic dental services have been out of reach to many New Hampshire adults on Medicaid. That’s about to change.

Statewide mobile units for mental health crises launch Jan. 1, 2022, and the hiring continues

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Friday, December 31, 2021

In 2022, every New Hampshire mental health center will have operating mobile crisis units. The mobile units are designed to work as an ambulance does, but for mental health needs.

Right now, more FEMA staffers may not mean Elliot Hospital can accept transfer patients

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Sunday, December 12, 2021

As COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Hampshire continue to set new pandemic records, federal medical support teams will arrive at Elliot Hospital in Manchester this weekend.

‘Demand Response’ bus services seeing sharpest return in ridership in Manchester

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, August 17, 2021

While some Manchester-area residents have returned to riding public buses, ridership is still far below pre-pandemic levels.