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Kathleen Birrane

Maryland state officials and health insurers are reviewing how to run and fund a program that aims to keep individual health insurance premiums low….

The federal approval means that the Reinsurance Program can continue at least until Dec. 31, 2028. Without it, the program would have expired in December of 2023.

The confirmation process has been fairly sedate for most of Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s nominees for state posts, judgeships and commission members this…

Fewer Marylanders are having virtual appointments with their doctors than during this spring’s peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but telehealth remains very popular, accounting…

In an effort to help uninsured residents weather the pandemic and a harsh economic climate, Maryland has opened a special health insurance signup window….

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) appointed Kathleen A. Birrane as the state’s insurance commissioner ― a position her father once held. Birrane replaces…