SECU, Maryland’s largest credit union, donated $11,000 to the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Children Center through its Goals for Kids program, credit union officials said Thursday. SECU invited UMMC patients, families and doctors to the SECU Arena in Towson ...
Read More »Eastern Shore medical center receives regulatory approval
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health received regulatory approval Thursday to convert its Cambridge hospital to a smaller facility and to move some of its existing services to the system’s larger Easton hospital. Shore Regional Health is one of several ...
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Read More »Alteon Health expands hospitalist care to 3 facilities
Germantown-based medical group Alteon Health will assume management of hospitalist services at three major facilities this summer, company officials said Tuesday. On June 1, Alteon will begin providing hospitalist and critical care services at Carroll Hospital in Westminster, where it has been ...
Read More »Frosh, Davis focus on government response to opioid crisis
As more and more jurisdictions file lawsuits against drug manufacturers for their role in the opioid crisis, officials at a conference in Baltimore on Thursday stressed that a multifaceted approach was needed to target opioid addiction in Maryland and across ...
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Read More »Md. prescription drug bill filled with compromises
Sometimes compromise means recognizing things could have gone worse. That seems to be the view of advocates of measures aimed at controlling what Marylanders pay for their medication. Legislation introduced in January would have created a board to set upper ...
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Read More »Health insurance advocates accept Md. session’s small steps
A week after President Donald Trump reasserted his desire to see the Affordable Care Act go away, Maryland lawmakers have passed or are poised to pass legislation designed to protect the landmark health law. In theory. The reality is that ...
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Read More »Howard County General unveils Practice Howard program
Howard County General Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, announced Friday the launch of Practice Howard, a program designed to reduce the shortage of primary care physicians in Howard County. The program is a joint effort with the Howard ...
Read More »FEI Systems awarded Fla. opioid response contract
FEI Systems, a Columbia-based provider of health information technology solutions, was awarded a contract from the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) in support of the state’s opioid response initiatives and the State Opioid Response Grant, awarded by SAMHSA. Through ...
Read More »Kaiser to open new medical center in Timonium
Kaiser Permanente announced plans Friday for a major medical center hub in Timonium, its fourth such medical hub in Maryland. The new center, scheduled to open in 2021, will deliver Kaiser’s model of integrated care that gives patients access to ...
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Read More »MedStar to pay $35 million over kickback allegations
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 ...
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