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Maryland Hospital Association

Type: Organization

Name: Maryland Hospital Association

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Joanne Goldsmith Elected President of Har Sinai Congregation

Joanne T. Goldsmith was elected president of Har Sinai Congregation in Owings Mills, Md., at the congregation’s annual meeting May 5. Goldsmith has served in several leadership positions in the congregation to include third, second and first vice president ... [Published Citybizlist - May 20 2013]

Entities: Goldsmith, Owings Mills (United States), Maryland Hospital Association, John Hanson

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Charges for procedures vary between area hospitals

Medicare data offers surprising glimpse at hospital chargesMore NewsadvertisementTwo patients in Maryland go to the hospital for an identical procedure. If they both go to the same hospital, they will face the same charges. But if each goes to a different ... [Published Gazette.net - May 17 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Adventism, Maryland Hospital Association, Jim Reiter, Patient

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

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 ... [Published Baltimore Sun - May 09 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Waiver, Jonathan Blum, Patient

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

MD hospitals oppose state plan to link to medical spending and economy

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 ... [Published Health Leaders - May 07 2013]

Entities: Maryland Hospital Association, Medicare, Waiver, Medicaid

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

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 ... [Published HERALD-MAIL Online - May 02 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Waiver, Sequestration

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Maryland 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 literally ... [Published Baltimore Sun - May 02 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Waiver, Sequestration

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Notre Dame of Maryland University wins $250,000 nursing program grant

Notre Dame of Maryland University is getting $250,000 from a Maryland Hospital Association fund to put toward its nursing program.The university’s School of Nursing received the money through the Who Will Care? Fund, established by the Maryland Hospital ... [Published Baltimore Business Journal - May 01 2013]

Entities: Maryland Hospital Association

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Md. hospitals warn of jobs losses if federal cuts hit

Entities: Medicare, Waiver, Sequestration

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

CEO of Execution Management and Strategic Planning Software Company to Speak at Maryland Hospital Association Workshop

AchieveIt’s Founder and Chief Execution Officer will present In Pursuit of Wow!, at the Maryland Hospital Association’s Maryland Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development Workshop. The March 13 event is open to association members. Scott ... [Published PRWeb - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: Maryland Hospital Association, Development Workshop, Pursuit, Health Care

Quotes

"We are really trying to help elevate the conversation and continue the conversation to ask the question why there is so much variation" said Jonathan Blum, acting principal deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicare, in a conference call with reporters

Hospital rates vary significantly, Medicare data show [Published Baltimore Sun - May 09 2013]

"Hospitals' financial condition is simply too fragile to accept the amount of significant risk and uncertainly outlined in the application" Coyle wrote in the letter

Md. hospitals oppose state plan to update waiver [Published Baltimore Sun - May 07 2013]

"I think we should keep our eye on the bigger ball, which is retention of the waiver" said Dr. Bernadette C Loftus, a commission member who is also associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group

Maryland hospitals say rate vote means jobs cuts [Published Baltimore Sun - May 02 2013]