ANNAPOLIS — Maryland health officials on Wednesday outlined major changes to how hospital costs are paid in an effort to keep the state’s unique Medicare waiver agreement with the federal government — a deal that has provided enormous financial benefits ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland officials will submit a plan to the federal government aimed at allowing them to hang onto about $1 billion in Medicare reimbursements received under a unique agreement with Washington, the chairman of a panel that sets hospital ...

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With much turnover at the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, it was a relief to see John M. Colmers, who has served as state health secretary and HSCRC executive director, named commission chairman. Mr. Colmers brings expertise, credibility and ...

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John M. Colmers, who has served Maryland in a variety of high-profile health care positions, was named Tuesday as the chairman of the Health Services Cost Review Commission. Colmers, vice president of health care transformation and strategic planning for Johns ...

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After leaving the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in January, former Secretary John Michael Colmers has been named vice president for health care transformation and planning at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Colmers, 57, headed the Department of Health and ...

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After leaving the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in January, former Secretary John Michael Colmers has joined Johns Hopkins Medicine as vice president for health care transformation and planning. Colmers, 57, headed the Department of Health and Mental ...

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The deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration will head Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed government sources. Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, who was appointed to his post by ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers should set up the basic framework for a health benefit exchange required under a new federal law during the 2011 legislative session, the state’s secretary of health and mental hygiene told a health care reform council ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s secretary of health and mental hygiene says he wants state lawmakers to establish a framework for a health benefit exchange during the upcoming legislative session. John Colmers made the comments Friday during a meeting of the Health ...

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Health council staff recommended that the Health Care Reform Coordinating Council make the Maryland Insurance Exchange — the new entity for people without insurance and others to purchase coverage — an independent government agency. At a meeting Tuesday morning, council ...

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