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BWMC wins fight to expand heart surgery

State reverses decision that kept hospital out of study on elective angioplasty

By SEAN PATRICK NORRIS, Staff Writer
Published 06/27/09

State health care regulators have reversed a decision to keep Baltimore Washington Medical Center out of a national study of elective angioplasty surgery at community hospitals.

The June 18 decision by the state Health Care Commission settles a lawsuit by the hospital, which claimed the state didn't have the authority in 2007 to block its participation in the Cardiovascular Patient Outcomes Research Team study.

A spokesman for the commission said the decision was reached after discussions with BWMC and two other hospitals originally refused a research waiver of state rules on the surgery.

"One of the important...

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