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Advocates voice concerns over embattled foster care provider - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

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Advocates voice concerns over embattled foster care provider
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Advocates for Maryland's abused and neglected youths said Wednesday that the state's second-largest foster care placement company failed the children in its care by allowing the qualification assessments of the homes they live in to lapse.
Maryland moves to sanction state's 2nd-largest foster care providerWashington Post
State: Local Foster Company Put Kids at RiskPatch.com

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Southern Maryland community calendar, Feb. 2-9, 2012 - Washington Post
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Southern Maryland community calendar, Feb. 2-9, 2012
Washington Post
2 Ice hockey registration, for ages 4-10, four-week sessions begin Feb. 11 for the Southern Maryland Sabres Hockey Club's Little Sabres program. Capital Clubhouse, 3033 Waldorf Marketplace. $50; ages 4-6, free. Insurance fee is extra.

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Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Acquires Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc. - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Acquires Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc.
MarketWatch (press release)
HANOVER, Md., Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. /quotes/zigman/1504737/quotes/nls/conm CONM -0.36% today announced it has purchased the assets of Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc., a Texas Corporation, ...

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Maryland's Cancer Care Community, Patient Advocates Urge State Legislature to ... - Insurance News Net (press release)
Posted yesterday.

Maryland's Cancer Care Community, Patient Advocates Urge State Legislature to ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
Advocates Encourage Passage of the Kathleen A. Mathias Chemotherapy Parity Act to Provide Equality in Coverage for Orally Administered Chemotherapy Drugs ANNAPOLIS, MD – Citing the significant quality of life benefits that oral chemotherapy drugs can ...

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Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Acquires Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc. - SunHerald.com
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Acquires Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc.
SunHerald.com
HANOVER, Md. -- Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CONM) today announced it has purchased the assets of Panhandle Correctional Care, Inc., a Texas Corporation, (“Panhandle”) including its three medical staffing contracts in the Texas ...

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State moves to suspend foster child placements with Hyattsville company - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

CBS Local
State moves to suspend foster child placements with Hyattsville company
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Ian Patrick Hines, spokesman for the Department of Human Resources, which oversees foster care and adoptions in Maryland, confirmed that Hyattsville-based Contemporary Family Services, which has 232 parents and 157 foster children in its network, ...
Md. Moves To Sanction Foster Care ProviderCBS Local

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Maryland court sides with Allstate's decision to not write new policies for ... - Live Insurance News
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Live Insurance News
Maryland court sides with Allstate's decision to not write new policies for ...
Live Insurance News
Maryland's highest court has sided with Allstate this week in a case regarding the insurer's move to stop writing new homeowners policies in coastal regions. The case emerged in 2007 when the insurer chose to step away from the coastal market due to ...
Maryland's 60000 ton Godzilla in the roomOut Of The Storm News (blog)
Allstate CEO: Company to Keep Average Premiums on the RiseInsurance News Net (press release)

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Crump Group, Inc. Announces Sale of Life and Property & Casualty Insurance ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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Crump Group, Inc. Announces Sale of Life and Property & Casualty Insurance ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ROSELAND, NJ, Feb 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Crump Group, Inc. (CGI) announced today that its life insurance and property and casualty insurance divisions are being sold to BB&T /quotes/zigman/180308/quotes/nls/bbt BBT +3.93% along with the rights to ...

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Maryland High Court Sides With Allstate in Coastal Homeowners Case - Insurance Journal
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

Maryland High Court Sides With Allstate in Coastal Homeowners Case
Insurance Journal
It seems Allstate is extremely gun shy when it comes to homeowners insurance. They took away the ability for their agents to write new business in California. They can write renters and condos but no HO-3. Their agents have to outside options and those ...
Maryland's Highest Court Agrees With Allstate on Coastal RiskInsurance News Net (press release)

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Uninsured Drivers Fool State System - KKTV 11 News
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Uninsured Drivers Fool State System
KKTV 11 News
We will review any reported comments promptly. by Doug Location: Colorado Springs on Feb 3, 2012 at 12:47 PM Until the consequences for not having insurance become more severe, nothing's gonna change. Why not use a sticker system, similar to the one ...

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UMD's Smith School Launches Collegiate Challenge for Healthcare IT Innovation - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 (5 days ago)

UMD's Smith School Launches Collegiate Challenge for Healthcare IT Innovation
MarketWatch (press release)
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland is challenging students nationwide to develop solutions that radically improve healthcare outcomes by using information ...

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Worcester Tech Invests In Health Care Professions - The Dispatch
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Worcester Tech Invests In Health Care Professions
The Dispatch
SNOW HILL -- A focus on crafting healthcare providers out of local students has Worcester Technical High School (WTHS) tripling the number of health profession pathways offered this semester. “We need healthcare providers on the shore,” said Dr. Penny ...
Students can select career pathsDelmarva Now

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Florida's FCCI Names Executives for Texas, Maryland Expansion - Insurance Journal
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 (5 days ago)

Florida's FCCI Names Executives for Texas, Maryland Expansion
Insurance Journal
FCCI Insurance Group has announced it is expanding its commercial insurance offerings into Maryland and Texas. The company has named several executives to serve in a new home office that will oversee operations in those states. In January the Sarasota, ...
FCCI Expands, Creates New Leadership RolesDigitalJournal.com (press release)

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Bravo Health's sale to Cigna gets Maryland regulator's approval - IFAwebnews.com
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

Bravo Health's sale to Cigna gets Maryland regulator's approval
IFAwebnews.com
By Bob Graham The Maryland Insurance Administration has approved the Cigna's acquisition of Bravo Health, a Baltimore, Md.-based operator of Medicare Advantage plans. Maryland Associate Commissioner Neil A. Miller signed the order approving the $545 ...

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Business News Of The Week - The Dispatch
Posted yesterday.

Business News Of The Week
The Dispatch
OCEAN CITY -- Reese Cropper, III, owner of Insurance Management Group, Inc. in Ocean City, attended the 2012 College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL) Conference from Jan 26-29. Attendees were lawyers and insurance agents that specialize in ...


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Md. company proposes $19.5 million asbestos settlement - Legal News Line
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Md. company proposes $19.5 million asbestos settlement
Legal News Line
On Tuesday, WR Grace and Co. said agreements in principle had been reached among itself, supporters of its joint plan of reorganization, BNSF Railway, several insurance companies, and representatives of those asbestos claimants in Libby, Mont.

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FCCI Insurance Group Expands Into Maryland and Texas - Insurance News Net (press release)
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

FCCI Insurance Group Expands Into Maryland and Texas
Insurance News Net (press release)
By Michael Buck FCCI Insurance Group will this year start writing commercial property/casualty coverage in Maryland and Texas , while laying expansion plans in Louisiana and Arkansas . The company is adding three new management positions to guide the ...


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Maryland Republicans Respond to State of the State - Yahoo! Contributors Network
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Maryland Republicans Respond to State of the State
Yahoo! Contributors Network
O'Malley for Maryland's "rush to be first" in enacting reform. She contested that more bureaucracy was not the way to create jobs and would cost money. Instead, she mentioned the Republican-favored approach of a privately run insurance exchange, ...

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Maryland CASA Launches Black History Month Campaign with Feb. 16 Town Hall ... - Citybizlist (press release)
Posted yesterday.

Maryland CASA Launches Black History Month Campaign with Feb. 16 Town Hall ...
Citybizlist (press release)
"I welcome the opportunity to talk with CASA volunteers and the public about the role they can play in improving the welfare of children," said Miller, who previously served as chief of staff at the Maryland Department of Human Resources.


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HealthNow New York Partners with MedAssurant - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

HealthNow New York Partners with MedAssurant
MarketWatch (press release)
BOWIE, Md., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MedAssurant, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that HealthNow New York Inc., parent company of BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and BlueShield of ...

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Audit: Md. inmates had access to patients' Social Security numbers - Washington Examiner
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

Audit: Md. inmates had access to patients' Social Security numbers
Washington Examiner
Participants in Maryland Correctional Enterprises, a program that provides eligible inmates with work experience or rehabilitation, were tasked with entering into a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene database health insurance claims submitted by ...

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Maryland Board of Physicians gets new leader - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Maryland Board of Physicians gets new leader
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The Maryland Board of Physicians, which has faced scrutiny in recent months because of its backlog of cases and other problems, is getting a new leader, state health officials said Wednesday. Carole J. Catalfo will begin work as the executive director ...

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SOUTHEAST FLOATING DOCKS, INC. v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY - Leagle.com
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SOUTHEAST FLOATING DOCKS, INC. v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Leagle.com
James McCrae of Law Office of Jim McCrae, PA, Lake Mary, Florida, and Richard A. DeTar of Miles and Stockridge, PC, Easton, Maryland, for Appellants. Robert E. Bonner of Meier, Bonner, Muszynski, O'Dell and Harvey, Orlando, Florida, and Thomas E.


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Democratic Attorneys General Back Affordable Care Act At Supreme Court - KITV Honolulu
Posted on Jan 13, 2012 (22 days ago)

Baltimore Sun (blog)
Democratic Attorneys General Back Affordable Care Act At Supreme Court
KITV Honolulu
By Terry Frieden CNN Justice Producer WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democratic state attorneys general filed papers Friday with the US Supreme Court, declaring that Congress has the authority to require all citizens to carry health insurance or face penalties.
'Friend' Briefs for and Against ACA Pour Into Supreme CourtMedscape
Md. lawmakers sign brief supporting health care lawBaltimore Sun (blog)
13 States File Brief in Support of ACAMedPage Today
Washington Times
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Court Upholds Hurricane Insurance Decision - The Dispatch
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 (8 days ago)

Court Upholds Hurricane Insurance Decision
The Dispatch
OCEAN CITY -- Maryland's highest court this week ruled a major insurance carrier was well within its rights to stop writing new homeowner policies in coastal areas of the state, pointing out the company's decision was based on sound business practices ...


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