Like hospitals and health systems in much of the nation, Maryland’s healthcare system is facing myriad challenges. These include a historic workforce shortage, unprecedented financial strain, and a behavioral healthcare crisis. In this interview, Nicole Stallings, Executive Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer at the Maryland Hospital Association, discusses how the Association’s legislative agenda … Read more
In 2021, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration partnered with the US Department of Veteran Affairs to initiate a challenge for states and cities. The effort is called Governor’s and Mayor’s Challenges to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF). Made up of military and civilian teams, the … Read more
Lack of preventive dental coverage can contribute to a range of serious health complications and drives health costs for both emergency and medical services. Federal law requires states to provide dental coverage and benefits for their children who are covered by Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). However, there is no … Read more
We hosted our 2022 Maryland State of Reform Health Policy Conference yesterday, bringing together thought leaders, legislators, and policy experts into multi-silo conversations about the future of health care in Maryland. Too often, those with good ideas for reforming health care don’t have a solid understanding of how the legislative process works. Those … Read more
The Topical Agenda for our 2022 Maryland State of Reform Health Policy Conference on May 4th is now live! State of Reform pulls in health care and health policy executives—each working to improve the health care system in their own way—into a united conversation and in a single space. At this conference, we … Read more
Margaret Moon, MD, is the co-director, pediatrician-in-chief, and director of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. She is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. On Oct. 29, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a smaller dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency … Read more
The Comprehensive Stroke Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA) as among the best in the nation for patient care, according to a press release from the University of Maryland Medicine. E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD,, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs … Read more
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced more than $18.2 million in COVID-19 relief funding to increase access to mental health services and substance use disorder treatment programs across the state. “The severe lack of … Read more
Dr. Helen Hughes is the associate medical director for Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Office of Telemedicine and the medical director of Pediatric Telemedicine for Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. In this Q&A Hughes offers an update on her office’s work in the telemedicine space, the impacts of the pandemic’s resurgence, and challenges facing telemedicine moving forward. … Read more
Nearly 40% of CareFirst members are without a primary care provider. To address this, CareFirst recently launched a new virtual primary care practice called CloseKnit. CloseKnit is an advanced primary care practice designed around people and their health care needs. This virtual-first delivery model will offer a variety of care services, including preventive and urgent … Read more