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New law will require insurers to notify MIA of data breaches
Insurance carriers that experience a breach which could compromise the personal information of Marylanders will now have to alert the Maryland Insurance Administration under a law set to go into […]
Hopkins study: Fentanyl a preference for some opioid users
Some Baltimore drug users have a preference for fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid responsible for a significant percentage of opioid-related deaths, a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health survey finds. […]
Baltimore-based Terra’s Kitchen files for bankruptcy
The Baltimore-based meal delivery service Terra’s Kitchen has filed for bankruptcy and appears to have shut down. According to federal court filings, the company’s revenues had dwindled over the last […]
Survey: As health insurance costs rise, employees bearing larger share
The costs of employer-sponsored health insurance continue to increase at a rate faster than wages and inflation — and employees are being asked to bear more of those costs, according […]
Kaiser Permanente, unions reach agreement on new contract
Kaiser Permanente and a coalition of unions, including one that represents Maryland employees, have agreed to a new contract less than a week after the unions’ members voted to authorize […]
Diversity, transparency are concerns in UM’s search for a new president
COLLEGE PARK — Students, faculty and staff want to see an increased focus on diversity and transparency from the next president of the University of Maryland, College Park, they told […]
Kaiser Permanente employees authorize strike amid negotiations
Members of a union that includes employees of Kaiser Permanente’s Maryland health centers have voted to authorize a strike next month as part of ongoing collective bargaining negotiations with the […]
Betamore announces pitch competition participants
Five local startups will tout their businesses at Betamore's annual Beta City VC Pitch Competition Thursday, a centerpiece of Betamore's annual celebration of startups in Baltimore.
Md. colleges look to curtail students’ vaping
Maryland colleges and universities have added vaping to campus smoking bans, providing resources to help students stop vaping or to encourage them not to start up the habit at all. […]
Maryland individual health plan premiums drop
Health insurance premiums will decrease by an average 10% for consumers in Maryland’s individual market in 2020, the second straight year of decreases in the market, Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration […]
Loyola hopes to use community to sell continuing education program
Loyola University Maryland this week launched Aspire, an online education platform for people who want to add to their skills throughout their career. Aspire launches with around 220 courses mostly focused […]
AAMC, DCHS to call new health system Luminis Health
Anne Arundel Medical Center and Doctors Community Health System will call their combined operations Luminis Health, the systems announced Tuesday. The two health systems announced in May that they planned to […]
