Under the changed rule, about 5% of patients will require a second blood draw to ensure transfusion compatibility.

The state’s current waiver has proved successful at reining in health care costs. The new waiver, set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2019, is expected to save $300 million a year in statewide Medicare spending.

Some procedures are being moved to outpatient settings, such as Green Spring Station in Lutherville, a Johns Hopkins ASC in White Marsh, the Surgery Center of Bel Air and Knoll North in Howard County.

This is the last chance to ensure accuracy.

Physicians are urged to monitor data reported about them.

Johns Hopkins Medicine gets ready to adopt the new version of the International Billing Code system.

Instead of following Federal Medicare rules, Maryland follows its own. Here’s a primer on how the Maryland Medicare waiver works.

The sole exception is for approved clinical trials.