FRIDAY, SHOWER CHANGES RETURN. OVER TO YOU. JENYNE: THANK YOU, CHELSEA. IN THIS MORNING’S MEDICAL ALERT, EMERCENCY ROOMS ACROSS THE STATE ARE FILLING UP AT A RAPID RATE THANKS TO A TRIPLE-DEMIC OF ...

Opioids affect both the gut and the immune system, said Summer Thompson, an assistant professor studying gut-brain ...

Maryland officials decided not to allow hospitals to increase charges for the remainder of the current fiscal year ending in June, but could authorize rates to rise starting in July. The Maryland ...

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Medical mistakes in Maryland hospitals rose by 5% in fiscal 2023, the state health department reported Sept. 12 in its annual report on the Hospital Patient Safety Program, though it doesn’t explain ...

Maryland nonprofit hospitals spend more on their communities than they receive in tax breaks, according to a new report by the Lown Institute, a Boston-based independent health care think tank. The ...

MARYLAND — Two hospitals in Maryland are among the best in the world, according to a new analysis that ranks the top hospitals in 30 countries. Seven hospitals in the state are ranked among the best ...

Nearly 60 percent of Maryland hospitals have sustained financial losses, according to a Maryland Hospital Association news release. Maryland hospitals’ total margins dropped by 16 percent to negative ...

Maryland is doubling down on all-payer hospital payment, and CMS is hoping other states might follow suit despite major challenges to its success. Since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid, states and ...

The average amount paid for a hospital stay in Maryland increased slower than the average amount paid on a national level in fiscal year 2010, according to an analysis conducted by the Maryland Health ...