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MedStar Health will pay the United States a $35 million settlement to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the system paid kickbacks to cardiologists in exchange for patient referrals. Cardiologists at MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates received professional services contracts ...

Robert A. Chrencik, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System, will take a temporary leave of absence at the request of the system’s board of directors, UMMS announced Thursday. The leave comes as the board and the ...

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The University of Maryland Medical System has drawn criticism this week for contracts awarded to members of its board of directors, but two of Maryland’s other large health systems also have financial relationships with members of their boards. LifeBridge Health ...

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Two more members of the University of Maryland Medical System Board of Directors have resigned from the board following the emergence of details about their financial conflicts with the system, the board announced Wednesday. John W. Dillon and Robert L. ...

The University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Community College of Baltimore County campuses in Essex and Catonsville have launched an agreement of dual admission that will enable a smooth transition from CCBC’s associate degree in nursing program to a Bachelor of Science in nursing ...

LifeBridge Health and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield have joined forces for a Shark Tank-style challenge to find the best and brightest digital health startups to present innovative ideas that could change the face of health care. Challenge participants are presented with ...

Multiple pieces of health care legislation are moving forward in the Maryland House of Delegates, but they have been amended to exclude some of their key elements. Bills originally drafted to put the Affordable Care Act’s consumer protections into state ...

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Marc Levin, the interim president and CEO of Maryland University of Integrative Health since Feb. 1, was appointed to the position permanently by the MUIH board of trustees Wednesday. Levin has also been serving the roles of chief financial officer ...

Early last year, a final rule went into effect that updates the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations, adopted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA regulations protect the confidentiality of records that contain ...

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Rockville-based pharmaceutical company CASI Pharmaceuticals Inc. received approval Thursday from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for a registration clinical trial in China of a drug for the treatment of a type of leukemia. The drug, a of vincristine sulfate lipsome ...