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NewsReadmission reduction proposal may have national implications
Through a proposed program to lower hospital readmissions--which accounted for $1.2 billion of $9.0 billion spent across Maryland on hospital care in the last fiscal year--state officials may well Read more...
Docs seek medical liability protections, state by state
With national tort reform still on the back burner, physicians are mounting state-based efforts to achieve tort reforms, with a key focus on enacting, maintaining or lowering noneconomic damage caps, Read more...
In Maryland, base for a health insurance exchange may already exist
One state's health infrastructure is not the same as another's, as Massachusetts and Maryland are learning. While Massachusetts passed legislation for universal healthcare coverage, Maryland is Read more...
State high courts consider challenges to medical malpractice award caps
While the White House is working to soothe the fears of opponents who say that President Obama's reform proposals don't do enough to tame medical malpractice costs, a pair of cases going before high Read more...
Case study: DC, MD face high ambulance diversion rates
Many parts of the country, unfortunately, face problems with ambulance diversion due to overcrowding in the emergency department. One prime example can be found in the D.C. metropolitan area, where Read more...
Maryland requiring health plans to offer EMR incentives
Maryland has approved a bill making it the first state to require commercial health plans to offer doctors incentives for adopting electronic medical records. Starting in 2011, when physicians adopt Read more...
| Press ReleasesFitch Rates Johns Hopkins Health System (MD) Series 2012A Bonds 'AA-'; Affirms Outstanding DebtNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA-' rating to the approximately $53.5 million Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority revenue notes, The Johns Hopkins Read more >> Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Announces New Program for Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research GrantsFunding will assist for-profit companies in advancing medical therapies using human stem cellsCOLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) has Read more >> |
