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Wedded: Jamie Crumpler and Chris Kalck
Wedding date: April 6, 2013 Her story: Jamie Crumpler, 33, grew up in Bel Air. She is an executive assistant for Constellation in Baltimore. Her father, James, works for BGE and her mother, Teresa, is a stay-at-home mom. His story: Chris Kalck, 36,...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Men's Wearhouse Inc., Federal Hill, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Frosting and Icing
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Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater...Tags: Acupuncture, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medicare, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes
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Foundation in Towson helps people nationwide with immune deficiencies
When 16-year-old Towson resident Aaron Sanzenbacher and his mother, Jenny Michalak, received Aaron's diagnosis with an immune deficiency, Aaron said his mother's reaction was, "What's that?" More than 30 years ago, Marcia Boyle thought the same thing...
Tags: Conservation, Barack Obama, Medicare
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Medicaid expansion good for Maryland
Thank you for your recent article on a study of Medicaid the New England Journal of Medicine that addressed the role of Medicaid in promoting mental health and protecting families from financial ruin ("Study: Medicaid has mixed record in improving health,...
Tags: Medicaid, Medical Research, Mental Health, Health Insurance
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Hospital rates vary significantly, Medicare data show
Johns Hopkins Hospital charged $13,667 on average to treat one admission of a Medicare patient with diabetes in 2011, while a couple of miles away Mercy Medical Center billed an average of $8,425. The University of Maryland Medical Center charged $9,045...
Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Phil McGraw, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Diabetes
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Maryland hospitals oppose state plan to update waiver
The Maryland Hospital Association has sent a letter to state health officials saying it will not support a proposal that would link medical spending to the state's economic growth. The state presented the proposal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Tags: Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Medicare, Corporate Officers
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Group chosen to help implement health reform settled with feds over fraud
Maryland tapped the nonprofit Seedco to help implement health care reform despite a $1.7 million settlement the agency agreed to in December to resolve a federal fraud suit. The U.S. government sued the agency, saying it defrauded a federal employment...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Health Care Reform (2009), Manhattan (New York City), Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Maryland hospitals warn of jobs losses if federal cuts hit
The Maryland Hospital Association said Friday that jobs may be in jeopardy if a state commission approves a plan that would make hospitals absorb all of the 2 percent Medicare cuts required under federal sequestration. The board of the Health Services...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Md. hospitals say rate vote means jobs cuts
Maryland hospitals said they will need to cut jobs and patient services after a state panel voted Wednesday to keep hospital rates flat, despite a 2 percent cut in Medicare payments required by federal sequestration. "There are significant job cuts...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Obstetrics, Elections
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After death, Maryland to limit where cosmetic surgeries are performed
Maryland is moving to toughen regulations on the fast-growing medspa industry — a move designed to narrow a "loophole" and prevent deaths such as one last year following a liposuction treatment at a Timonium facility. Regulations being discussed...
Tags: Plastic Surgery Centers, Executive Branch, Plastic Surgery, Laser Hair Removal, Timonium
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O'Malley administration settles suit over Medicaid backlog
The O'Malley administration has settled a class action lawsuit brought by critics who accused the state of failing low-income and disabled Marylanders by regularly taking nearly a year to approve medical assistance applications as part of a severe...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Personal Income, Medicaid, Health Care Reform (2009), Diabetes
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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: Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Health Insurance, American Enterprise Institute
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