West Baltimore’s Bon Secours Hospital has been renamed following its acquisition by LifeBridge Health earlier this year. The hospital will now be called Grace Medical Center. LifeBridge officially acquired the hospital Nov. 1. “As we thought about a new name ...

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Maryland hospital systems have been growing for years, with some small systems joining larger systems, small hospitals joining systems and other hospitals remaining proudly independent. It comes as no surprise that most systems are happy with where they stand as ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and LifeBridge Health hope that combining to fund innovative health startups can suggest ways to cut costs and find efficiencies across the payer-provider relationship. The effort started Wednesday morning with a pitch competition where the insurer and ...

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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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LifeBridge Health plans to acquire Bon Secours Hospital while the rest of Bon Secours’ remaining presence in west Baltimore would focus on population health. Bon Secours Mercy Health and LifeBridge Health officially signed a letter of intent Tuesday for LifeBridge ...

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Union Hospital of Cecil County and LifeBridge Health will not merge as previously announced, they said Wednesday.

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More than 500,000 Marylanders’ personal information could have been affected by a data breach at LifeBridge Health, the Maryland Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday. LifeBridge detected malware in March on servers hosting LifeBridge Potomac Professionals’ electronic medical records and LifeBridge ...

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The board of directors of Union Hospital in Cecil County has approved a letter of intent to affiliate with LifeBridge Health, the hospitals announced Thursday. With the letter of intent, the two hospitals will negotiate an affiliation agreement over the ...

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Evergreen Health and its investors made their case in a public hearing Wednesday that converting the Affordable Care Act co-op into a for-profit health insurance provider would be in the public interest. Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer said he expected a ...

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Neil Meltzer became president and CEO of LifeBridge Health in 2013, just as the Affordable Care Act was kicking in and a few months before Maryland changed its hospital payment system. The Daily Record recently spoke with Meltzer about the ...

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