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In The News

2023

Press Release: Maryland Department of Health announces $430,000 in grants to expand CenteringPregnancy sites

(MDOH, January 23, 2023)

2022

Atlantic General Hospital (AGH)​ Announces New Behavioral Health Crisis Center​

(The Dispatch, January 22, 2022)​


​Meaningful Value-Based Payment Reform, Part 1: Maryland Leads The Way

(Health Affairs, February 9, 2022)


​Meaningful Value-Based Payment Reform, Part 2: Expanding The Maryland Model To Other States​

(Health Affairs, February 10, 2022)


Tidal Health Crisis Center Opens in Salisbury, presenting an alternative to the ER for those in mental distress​

(WMDT, August 4, 2022)​


Tidal Health Crisis Center Opens in Salisbury

(WRDE, August 5, 2022)


Press Release: ​Maryland and CMS advance Total Cost of Care Model and Maryland Primary Care Program with amendment, MOU​

(MDOH, August 18, 2022)

2021​

Grant helps support diabetes education at center in Charles County​.​

(Southern Maryland News, August 25, 2021)


Hogan Announces Funding Program To Reduce Maternal Mortality​

(Maryland Matters, July 7, 2021)


Press Release: Governor Hogan Announces Launch of $72 Million Maternal and Child Health Care Initiative​

(Office of Governor Hogan, July 6, 2021)​


Partnership Created On Behavioral Health

(The Dispatch, February 18, 2021)


Improving Diabetes Care in Southern Maryland 

(The Southern Maryland Chronicle, February 11, 2021)

The Health Philanthropy That Set About to Change Behavioral Health Crisis Care in Maryland​

(Crisis Now,  February 2, 2021)


2020

Local Mental Health Crisis Response Effort Launches with 17 Hospital Partners, $45M in Funding

(Baltimore Business Journal, November 16, 2020)



    (The Hill, July 9, 2020)

    (RTI International, February 2020)

Opinion:  Bipartisan Progress Still Possible on Health Care - Just Ask Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
    (Morning Consult, February 21, 2020 - Nelson Sabatini)

2019

Total Cost of Care Amendment and Memorandum of Understanding Signed​

Evaluation of the Maryland All-Payer Model: Final Report​
    (RTI International, November 2019)
 
    (Baltimore Business Journal, May 21, 2019 - Jessica Iannetta)

2018 

     (Office of Governor Larry Hogan, July 9, 2018)


Press Release: Governor Larry Hogan Announces Federal Approval of "Maryland Model" All-Payer Contract

    (Office of Governor Larry Hogan, May 14, 2018)

    (Maryland Department of Health, May 18, 2018)

    (HSCRC, March 9, 2018)

2017 

    (Health Affairs Blog, January 31, 2017 - Nelson Sabatini, Joseph Antos, Howard Haft and Donna Kinzer) 

2015

    (The New England Journal of Medicine, November 12, 2015 - Ankit Patel, Rahul Rajkumar, John Colmers, DOnna Kinzer, Patrick Conway, Joshua Sharfstein) 
 
Positive reception greets Maryland hospital-quality model’s first year 

Hospitals save $100 million in Medicare costs 
   (The Baltimore Sun, June 29, 2015 - Andrea K. McDaniels) 

Requested health insurance premium increase in Md. unjustified 
   (The Baltimore Sun, June 24, 2015 - Leni Preston, Carmela Coyle)

Maryland hospitals will get $2.5M to work together on public health 
   (Baltimore Business Journal, May 14, 2015 - Sarah Gantz)

Five Maryland-Based Health Systems Come Together to Form “Advanced Health Collaborative” 
   (Newswise, LifeBridge Health February 24, 2015)

All-payer rate setting: America’s back-door to single-payer? 
   (Vox Health Care, February 9, 2015 - Sarah Kliff)

2014

Global budgets pushing Maryland hospitals to target population health 
   (The Baltimore Sun, December 27, 2014 - Carmela Coyle)

Mikulski stood up for Md. health care 
   (Modern Healthcare, December 6, 2014 - Andis Robeznieks)

CMS and Maryland Announce Joint Initiative to Modernize Maryland’s Health Care System to Improve Care and Lower Costs 
   (CMS.gov, January 10, 2014) 

Governor O’Malley and Lt. Governor Brown Announce Health Care Reform Initiative that will Improve Health and Reduce Costs 
   (Maryland.gov, January 10, 2014) 

Medicare Waiver Modernization - Background and Public Engagement Information 
   (DHMH.Maryland.gov, September 27, 2013 - January 10, 2014) 

Federal Government Approves Historic Proposal to Redefine Hospital Care in Maryland 
   (MHAonline.org, January 10, 2014) 

Maryland Submits Application to Modernize All-Payer System 
   (DHMH.Maryland.gov, October 11, 2013) 

DHMH Posts Revised Proposal for Modernization of MD's All-Payer Hospital System for Comment 
   (DHMH.Maryland.gov, September 27, 2013) 

Maryland Will Limit Hospital Charges Statewide 
   (Bloomberg Businessweek, January 13, 2014) - John Tozzi) 
Maryland’s bold leapfrog 
   (Boston.com, January 12, 2014 - John McDonough) 

Maryland’s Bold Hospital Unsual Spending Plan Got Federal Blessing 
   (Utah People's Post, January 12, 2014 - Rachel Donald) 

New Md. health care delivery system will prioritize wellness 
   (The Baltimore Sun, January 11, 2014 - Martin O'Malley) 

Maryland’s Bold Hospital Spending Plan Gets Federal Blessing 
   (Kaiser Health News, January 10, 2014 - Jay Hancock) 

Maryland’s plan to upend health care spending 
   (The Washington Post, January 10, 2014 - Sarah Kliff) 

Federal government approves new Medicare waiver for Maryland 
   (The Baltimore Sun, January 10, 2014 - Andrea K. Walker) 

Maryland Changes Unique Hospital Rate System 
   (The Associated Press/CBS Baltimore, January 10, 2014 - Brian Witte) 

Maryland’s Single Payer Push May Save Medicare Billions 
   (Fox Business, January 10, 2014 - Kate Rogers) 

Maryland Experiments With Capping Hospital Spending 
   (The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2014 - Jennifer Corbett Dooren and Amy Schatz) 

Maryland Experiments With Capping Hospital Spending 
   (Kaiser Health News, January 10, 2014 - Daily Report) ​​

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