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MedStar Health, ex-physician sued amid sexual harassment accusations
MedStar Health and former physician James Roberson face a Maryland class-action lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment and negligence claims.
Appeals court overturns $2.5M judgment against Board of Physicians
The Court of Special Appeals tossed out a $2.5 million award against the Maryland Board of Physicians Wednesday, the latest twist in years of litigation between the board and a discredited […]
Maryland pediatrician charged with raping female patient
A Maryland pediatrician charged with raping a patient is on home detention after posting a $100,000 bond.
Md. regulators may pay $2.5M for humiliating anti-vaccine doctor
Regulators who stripped Mark Geier's credentials were ordered to pay damages by a judge who says the board tried to humiliate the doctor and his family.
Official faults doctors’ board for lax investigation of Dando
(AP) The inspector general of Maryland‘s public health agency is blasting the state medical board’s decision to license a doctor in 1996 despite his conviction for raping a Florida woman […]
Md. medical board learning about background checks
The Maryland Board of Physicians is learning about criminal background checks.
Md. board seeks criminal checks for doc licensees
The Maryland Board of Physicians said Wednesday that it is seeking statutory authority to conduct criminal background checks on medical license applicants despite one member's concern that health care professionals are being singled out.
Maryland suspends doctor with 1987 rape conviction
A doctor convicted of raping a Florida woman at gunpoint in 1986 had his medical license in Maryland suspended Thursday after two women patients complained he molested them at a walk-in clinic this year.
Md. Board of Physicians closes abortion probe
GERMANTOWN — The Maryland Board of Physicians has closed its investigation into the death of a woman who was treated at an abortion clinic in Germantown. The doctor’s office shared […]
CSA affirms revocation of doctor’s license in medicine-for-sex case
A physician accused of exchanging medicine for sex with two patients cannot have his medical license back, the Court of Special Appeals has held.
Suntha to be CEO, president of new University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
The three parties involved in the sale of St. Joseph Medical Center to the University of Maryland Medical System said Wednesday the deal is expected to close on Dec. 1.
‘Point of care’ becomes point of contention
Five orthopedic surgeons face the loss of their medical licenses or other penalties over allegations of “suspect” billing practices and overcharging a workers’ compensation insurance provider for prescription pain medications.
