Talks have stalled in the first contract renegotiation in more than five years between Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and UnitedHealthcare, and more than 10,000 pediatric patients are feeling the impact. As of May 11, the contract was terminated between UnitedHealthcare and Johns Hopkins All Children’s, said Dr. Jonathan Ellen, hospital president. The insurer now considers hospital-based services and physician services at Johns Hopkins All Children’s as out of network, and is telling…
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Good morning, and happy Wednesday. I know I’m not the only person who has grown tired of this weather, but unfortunately, nothing is really going to change today. Clouds will hang around the area all day, with rain and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. A former legislative aide to then-State Sen. Catherine Pugh was found guilty of two election law violations. Gary Brown Jr. donated more money to Pugh’s mayoral campaign than is allowed…
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration announced plans this week to award five-year managed care contracts for the District’s Medicaid program to three companies: AmeriHealth Caritas, Trusted Health Plan and Amerigroup D.C., a subsidiary of Anthem Inc. One notable exception: MedStar Family Choice. That group, the managed care plan of Columbia-based MedStar Health, has been covering about 58,000 patients, or nearly 30 percent of D.C.’s total Medicaid beneficiaries, since winning the…
Many years ago, a special great aunt led Annie Milli from the suburbs to the city. The 36-year-old said Tuesday the relative who moved from a farm into a small house to the Hampden neighborhood sparked a sense of wonder in her for all things Baltimore. That will come in handy now: Milli was named executive director of Live Baltimore this week and will take over the nonprofit gig June 16 with its slogan “I (heart) City Life.” Milli will take over for Steve Gondol, who resigned in March to move…
Greater Baltimore Committee CEO Donald C. Fry said the city is in the midst of a “public safety crisis” and called attempts by some members of the City Council lawmakers cut police spending “troubling.” In a letter Tuesday to Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the other members of the City Council, Fry said the business community agrees the city should be investing more money in education and youth programs than in law enforcement, but should not be making cuts to the public safety budget. Mayor…
