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Kaiser Permanente announces $13B Baltimore-area expansion

November 19, 2019 Comments Off on Kaiser Permanente announces $13B Baltimore-area expansion

Renderings of Kaiser Permanente's planned medical center in Timonium. (Submitted)

In a push to expand its health care model in the Baltimore region, health insurer Kaiser Permanente plans to spend $13 billion by 2028 as it adds more health care facilities and significantly increases its hiring. The plans, released by ...

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Pugh takes leave of absence as controversy mounts

April 1, 2019 1 Comment

FILE - In this June 8, 2018 file photo, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh addresses a gathering during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston. Pugh on Monday, March 18, 2019, stepped down from the University of Maryland Medical System’s board of directors, days after it came to light that the hospital network had for years purchased her self-published children’s books. Board positions are unpaid, but The Baltimore Sun reported last week that around a third of the board received compensation through the UMMS network's contracts with their businesses. The newspaper revealed that Pugh failed to fully disclose a $500,000 business relationship she began with the 11-hospital network in 2011.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is taking an indefinite leave of absence starting Tuesday to recover from pneumonia, according to an announcement Monday from her office. She is stepping down amidst a controversy over her financial dealings revolving around her ...

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Baltimore health provider bought mayor’s books

April 1, 2019 Comments Off on Baltimore health provider bought mayor’s books

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kaiser Permanente says it paid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh more than $100,000 for about 20,000 copies of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books during a period when it sought a city contract. The Baltimore Sun reports Kaiser confirmed Monday that ...

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Kaiser to open new medical center in Timonium

March 29, 2019 Comments Off on 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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CareFirst sees some members take advantage of less-expensive plans

January 2, 2019 Comments Off on CareFirst sees some members take advantage of less-expensive plans

The Carefirst Building in Owings Mills. (file)

More than 1,600 CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield members on the individual market heeded the insurer’s call to switch plans for 2019, potentially tapping into hundreds of dollars a month in savings. While preparing its rates for 2019, CareFirst realized that thousands ...

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Md. to consider health insurance market’s present, future

September 14, 2018 Comments Off on Md. to consider health insurance market’s present, future

5-1-18 Baltimore, MD- Beth Sammis, president, Consumer Health First, speaks at a hearing at the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange in May. (Maximilian Franz)

A busy week is in store for health policy in Maryland as regulators, advocates, consumers and insurers consider the present and future of the state’s individual market. Monday, the Maryland Insurance Administration will hear from insurers and the public as ...

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Kaiser insurance rate request goes from 37% increase to 5.7% reduction

September 10, 2018 Comments Off on Kaiser insurance rate request goes from 37% increase to 5.7% reduction

Maryland’s bid to lower health care premiums on the individual market through a reinsurance program could be paying off as Kaiser Permanente has refiled its rate request for 2019.

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Md. benefit exchange approves plan on risk adjustments

August 28, 2018 Comments Off on Md. benefit exchange approves plan on risk adjustments

The board of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange voted Friday on a solution to an issue where the state’s new reinsurance program could cause duplicative payments under the Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program. Kaiser Permanente, one of the state’s ...

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Reinsurance stabilizes rates, but Md. leaders now for permanent fixes

August 22, 2018 Comments Off on Reinsurance stabilizes rates, but Md. leaders now for permanent fixes

Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk, D-Prince George's and Anne Arundel. (File Photo)

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s governor and legislative leaders Wednesday celebrated the federal government’s approval of a reinsurance program, praising the bipartisan manner in which they acted and making good-humored jokes about their age. But they also described the reinsurance proposal as ...

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Md. insurers make case for premium increases before reinsurance

July 30, 2018 Comments Off on Md. insurers make case for premium increases before reinsurance

Maryland’s insurance regulator Monday heard health insurance companies’ cases for raising premiums on the individual market by an average of 30 percent, but those requests could fall if a reinsurance program is approved. Rate increases considered Monday would continue a ...

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