Fourteen former patients of the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center have sued the Glen Burnie hospital and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) in Baltimore Circuit Court, alleging that a doctor implanted counterfeit spinal fusion hardware during ...

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Here we are again. The Maryland legislative auditor wrote on Oct. 31 that the University of Maryland Medical System “delayed and hindered our work by repeatedly failing to make employees available and failing to provide requested information on a timely basis.” This ...

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Retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. said Monday that he had been looking for “a new challenge” when Gov. Larry Hogan appointed him last week to a reconstituted University of Maryland Medical System board recently beset ...

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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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ANNAPOLIS — University of Maryland Medical System officials told lawmakers Friday they are committed to “evolving” how they do business. As the legislature is quickly moving legislation to force the system to make changes, leaders of the $4 billion medical system said ...

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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books and sold 100,000 copies to the University of Maryland Medical System, on whose board she sat at the time, making a “Healthy Haul” of $500,000. Pugh said that, since she resigned from ...

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For the second time in less than three years, the board of a University of Maryland institution has failed to measure up to basic standards of ethical governance. Last year, the Board of Regents for the University System of Maryland ...

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While two of the state’s major medical systems may compete with each other in some respects, they’re now celebrating 10 years of an unusual partnership to care for children who require complex medical and rehabilitation care. The University of Maryland ...

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The University of Maryland Medical System named new presidents for its hospitals in downtown Baltimore and Towson Thursday. Dr. Mohan Suntha will become president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center on Sept. 1, while Dr. Thomas Smyth ...

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State regulators approved a compromise job-creation program Wednesday that’s expected to create about 375 hospital jobs for residents of impoverished areas in Baltimore and across Maryland. The Health Services Cost Review Commission, which sets the rates for the state’s hospitals, ...

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