Maryland Aims for Comprehensive Health Care Transformation

BALTIMORE, MD – In a significant move to improve health equity and outcomes across the state, the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, has applied to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model. This initiative aims to reinforce Maryland’s ongoing efforts to elevate the overall health and well-being of its residents. Dr. Laura Herrera Scott, Maryland Department of Health Secretary, underscored the model’s importance as a continuum of the state’s...