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Hospitals concerned about state rate-setting proposal
A state plan to tie medical spending to the growth of the economy is making hospital executives uneasy. Executives support the spirit of the plan proposed by the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which seeks to reduce health spending by...
Tags: General Practitioners, Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance, Corporate Officers
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Dr. Philip J. Ferris, Franklin Square surgery chairman
Dr. Philip J. Ferris, former longtime chairman of the department of surgery at Franklin Square Medical Center, died Nov. 8 of cardiac arrest at his Lutherville home. He was 79.
"He was just a great man. He was down-to-earth and fun, but at the same...Tags: Franklin Square Medical Center, Heart Failure, Washington Hospital Center, Colleges and Universities, Breast Surgery
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Insurance co-op to start with $65 million federal loan
A Maryland group led by Howard County health officer Peter Beilenson has received a $65 million loan under federal health reform to start the state's first insurance co-op, a consumer-owned nonprofit that will compete against private insurers to sell...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Specialization, Health Insurance, Consumers, Insurance
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Health care reform: Caring about costs, too
By establishing a health benefit exchange and expanding Medicaid coverage, Maryland is on a path to extend access to affordable health care to hundreds of thousands of individuals, families and small businesses. For our progress to be sustainable,...
Tags: Family, Long Term Care, Health and Medical Professionals, Behavioral Conditions, Employment
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Whooping cough making a comeback in Md., U.S.
Public health officials are warning adults and adolescents to get booster shots in the wake of an unusually large number of cases of whooping cough this year around the nation and in Maryland.
More than 20,000 cases of the respiratory disease were...Tags: Nose, Franklin Square Medical Center, Pharmaceuticals, Health Organizations, Swine Flu
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Executives from Hopkins, UMMS, CareFirst weigh in on health care reform
The Supreme Court's recent ruling on federal health care reform may have settled legal concerns, but the heads of Maryland's top insurer and two largest medical institutions said there are still unanswered questions and worries about the law.
"There...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Laws, Republican Party, Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics
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Health care reform moves ahead in Maryland, nationally
States including Maryland can move with more certainty to insure their poor, and the federal government can require others to buy health coverage after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's landmark health care law Thursday.
The highly...Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Rodney Williams, Laws, Healthcare Access, American Medical Association
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Maryland poised for next phase of health reform
Infinite Biomedical Technologies started to see the benefits of President Barack Obama's health reform law well before the Supreme Court decided its fate.
The six-person medical device firm in East Baltimore, which develops technology for prosthetics,...Tags: Employees, Laws, Executive Branch, Politics, Insurance
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Behavioral-primary care program launched in state
Baltimore Medical System won a nearly half-million grant to develop a program for patients with both chronic diseases and behavior health needs. The $498,906 from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will be used to develop a unique-in-the-state turn on...Tags: Health, Mental Health
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Woman held on bail in Walmart bleach attack
The bleach and Pine-Sol fight that temporarily shut down a Baltimore County Walmart over the weekend was the latest dispute in a heated love triangle, according to court documents, witnesses and attorneys involved in the case.
A Baltimore County judge on...Tags: Walmart, Hospitals and Clinics, Towson, Trials, Community College of Baltimore County
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State audits Maryland Health Insurance Plan
The agency that oversees the state's health plan for those uninsured because of preexisting conditions, paid a vendor nearly $367,000 for information technology services without proving that the contract was chosen through a competitive bidding process, a...Tags: Health, Prescription Drugs, Health Insurance, Insurance, Drugs and Medicines
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CareFirst program cuts health care costs, improves care
About 60 percent of the doctor practices that are participating in a special patient-oriented program from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield have save on health care costs and improved care, the insurer said Thursday. Those were the goals of the patient-...Tags: Health, Insurance, Health Insurance Cost
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