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A reinsurance program introduced last year has stabilized Maryland’s individual health insurance market, leading to smaller rate changes than otherwise would have been expected, insurers said at a public hearing Tuesday. With the reinsurance program, insurance pools have become younger ...

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Researchers at the Rockville-based Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)  received $1 million from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), part of the U.S. Department of Defense) to advance its work developing wearable sensors that measure biochemical information to diagnose disease. ...

The Maryland agency responsible for funding community-based services for people with developmental disabilities had significant issues with its process, failed to comply with state procurement regulations and did not properly monitor services it funded, a critical legislative audit released Friday ...

Sheppard Pratt Health System announced Thursday the appointment of Dr. Todd Peters as the Baltimore-based health system’s vice president and chief medical officer. Peters succeeds Dr. Robert Roca, who retired in April after more than 25 years with Sheppard Pratt. Peters joined Sheppard Pratt in July ...

Maryland has sued a Delaware group home — where a Maryland girl died in 2016 under mysterious circumstances — alleging the home failed to provide services for disabled children that it was obligated to provide. The False Claims Act complaint ...

National unions plan to continue their push to organize nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital with a rally next weekend in front of the hospital. The July 20th event is the latest move in an at-times contentious effort that has included ...

Baltimore-based Tissue Analytics formed a partnership with global medical technology company Integra LifeSciences Monday to develop wound repair products in a clinical trial setting. Modern clinical trials have moved from traditional paper forms to electronic data capture to enable better ...

      Before Dr. John Chessare took over as president and CEO of Greater Baltimore Medical Center nine years ago, the hospital’s board asked him whether GBMC could remain independent at a time when other hospitals across the state ...

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Two University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been named to Maryland health care commissions. Margaret Hammersla, PhD, CRNP-A, assistant professor and senior director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, has been appointed to the Maryland Health ...

Bel Air-based ExpressCare Urgent Care Center will open its 32nd walk-in medical clinic July 27 in Forest Hill, company officials announced Wednesday. The clinic, at 2006 Rock Spring Road, will have a grand-opening celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...