Former state Sen. Francis X. Kelly resigned from the University of Maryland Medical System Board of Directors Friday, days after he had been asked to return.
Lifebridge Health CEO Neil Meltzer was honored Wednesday as the 2019 William Donald Schaefer Industrialist of the Year by the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
A contractor's review of board members' contracts at the University of Maryland Medical System found self-dealing and executives acting without board approval.
The University of Maryland Medical Center has dropped a request to boost revenues from patients as the medical system faces scrutiny over its spending.
A former University of Maryland Medical System board member says he's seen for the first time a system letter urging nursing facilities to buy his software.
The University of Maryland Medical System, under fire for lucrative contracts given to its board members, appears to have had the extra money to pay. A
Several other countries have been far more successful than the U.S. in controlling health care spending while preserving private insurance. Here's how.
This mobile dental clinic was made possible thanks to a multi-year, fundraising campaign that earned support from major foundations, churches and individual
A nurse and team leader in the Carroll Hospital cardiovascular lab, Ashley Keating is known among her colleagues for having a calm demeanor in emergencies.
John Hopkins Hospital has filed more than 2,400 lawsuits in Maryland courts since 2009, seeking to collect medical debt from its patients, many low income.
One of the problems with the University of Maryland Medical System board, which is being criticized for contracts with board members, is that it is too big.
Justice Department policy since 2015 has been to not just prosecute corporations for misdeeds but also officials, employees and boards members. UMMS' chief compliance officer gave board members a presentation on this just before The Sun revealed members had contracts with UMMS hospital
Carroll Hospital has hosted many different public seminars and events to discuss various aspects of healthy aging, but the May 20 seminar entitled “Aging with Grace: A Discussion of Health & Home Considerations” might be a first — and in more ways than one.
After allegations of self-dealing rocked the University of Maryland Medical System’s board of directors, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan says he wants to “clean house” and will refuse to reappoint most — and possibly all — of the current board members.
The Partnership for America's Health Care Future is a front representing major insurance companies, big Pharma and private hospitals who are part of a major industry effort to kill the Medicare for All movement.
The first-ever organ delivered by drone was transplanted into a patient with kidney failure at the University of Maryland Medical Center, capping more than three years of work to show unmanned aircraft can be safely transport life-saving organs and tissue.
Robert A. Chrencik resigned Friday as president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System amid the controversy surrounding accusations that UMMS had engaged in self-dealing and no-bid contracting.
Polypharmacy is a term referring to a person taking five or more medications at once, a state most common, though not exclusive to older adults, according to Dr. Nicole Cimino-Fiallos, director of the Geriatric Acute Care Suite in the Carroll Hospital emergency department.
The Greater Baltimore Committee, a group of influential business leaders, issued a call Friday for Mayor Catherine Pugh to resign, saying she no longer had "public trust or moral authority."
The University of Maryland Medical System needs to ensure its board of directors is operating without waste and corruption if it wants to ensure good medical care.
Though the University of Maryland Medical System's board members are appointed by the governor and the institution receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funds each year, state law allows the health system to largely operate in secrecy, its board meetings and documents kept private.
Dr. G. Edward Reahl, who had been chief of orthopedic surgery at Mercy Medical Center for nearly three decades, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his Guilford home. He was 87.
The Maryland Senate has unanimously approved legislation outlawing self-dealing on the University of Maryland Medical System's board of directors, a day after the House of Delegates passed a similar measure. Lawmakers now must work out minor differences between the bills.
People should continue to donate to the University of Maryland Medical System despite problems with its board because drops in charitable giving could hurt medical care to patients.
When it comes to curing what ails our health care system, including the cost of medicines, some in the Maryland legislature are misdiagnosing the problem and prescribing the wrong solution.
