While the Trump administration pushes for a rule to require hospitals to disclose the prices of their procedures, Maryland and some other states already have some initiatives to let patients compare prices across hospitals. The federal Centers for Medicare and ...

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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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The Maryland Health Care Commission advanced to the state legislature Thursday a set of 14 recommendations to modernize Maryland’s 40-year-old certificate of need process for health care facilities. The Senate Finance and House Health and Government Operations committees had requested ...

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The decision by three Maryland hospitals to close and convert to a smaller medical center fits with the state’s health goals and comes at a critical time for hospitals with aging infrastructure and dwindling admissions. “I think something to watch ...

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Dorchester County’s only hospital plans to close and convert to a medical center while moving some beds and treatment options to an affiliated hospital in Talbot County, according to regulatory filings.

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The Maryland Health Care Commission has expanded its program informing patients about the costs and quality of different procedures at different hospitals in the state.

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The proposed new Prince George’s Regional Medical Center earned the support of a crucial state regulator last week, moving the long-gestating project even closer to final approval. Commissioner Robert E. Moffit, who is reviewing the project for the Maryland Health Care Commission, recommended in a ...

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State regulators gave Adventist HealthCare a green light Thursday to build a $331 million hospital facility in Montgomery County to replace the aging Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park. The Maryland Health Care Commission approved Adventist’s Certificate of Need application ...

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Maryland health officials say improvements to a state-run website will help make sure consumers can easily find information about the state’s doctors and the cost of the care they provide. When it launched in December, the Maryland Health Care Quality ...

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A pilot program aimed at improving primary medical care by increasing cooperation among doctors and more closely managing patient care has produced positive results, according to a preliminary briefing given to the Maryland Health Care Commission Thursday. The three-year Multi-Payer Patient Center Medical Home Program sought to move primary care providers across the state towards the patient-centered medical home model, which focuses on giving patients more team-based care in order to better manage chronic illness and reduce hospitalizations.

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