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The Maryland Health Care Commission has voted to approve a new 16-bed mental health hospital on Anne Arundel Medical Center’s Riva Road campus in Annapolis. Construction on the $25 million facility is expected to begin this fall, with plans on ...

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New data show that the number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers filled in the U.S. fell dramatically last year. They showed their biggest drop in 25 years. The decline comes amid increasing legal restrictions and public awareness of the dangers ...

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The board of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange will vote at its meeting Monday on pursuing a reinsurance waiver.

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Maryland could begin extending dental care to adults enrolled in Medicaid under a pilot program the General Assembly passed Saturday. Advocates believe that improving oral health could drive down emergency room visits and reduce the costs associated with chronic issues like ...

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A University of Maryland-led research team will give key insights and next steps in an effort using big data and machine learning to target a U.S. opioid epidemic during a webinar April 10 from 3 to 4 p.m., hosted by the ...

A study appearing in Health Affairs Monday found that Maryland’s all-payer global budgeting system may not have produced the systemic changes to hospital use promised when the system began to be adopted in 2011. But the state and Maryland hospitals reject ...

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Baltimore will announce plans Wednesday to open a stabilization center, providing help for people struggling with addiction and other mental health disorders. The stabilization center will revitilize space at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in the city’s Coppin Heights neighborhood. While ...

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Legislation expected to head to Gov. Larry Hogan’s desk this week could allow Maryland enough time to implement a tool aimed at reducing individual market premiums next year. The legislation authorizing Maryland to seek a federal waiver to institute a ...

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Baltimore city next week will join a federal lawsuit asking the federal government to restore promised grant funding to a program that provides evidence-based education to reduce teen birth rates. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ended the ...

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The Senate unanimously passed legislation Thursday allowing pharmacists to share with customers if they would spend less on a drug by paying with cash instead of using their health insurance. Because of a contract provision known as the “gag rule,” ...

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