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Southern Maryland hospital leaders urge state help for capital, workforce and payer reforms
Summary
Executives from Calvert Health, University of Maryland Charles Regional and MedStar St. Mary’s told the Southern Maryland delegation they need state funding, protections against payer denials, and support to recruit and retain staff ahead of Maryland’s AHEAD model changes.
Executives from the three primary hospitals serving Southern Maryland testified to the Southern Maryland delegation on Feb. 21 about capital needs, workforce shortages, emergency department capacity and threats posed by reimbursement changes under Maryland’s evolving payment model.
“Healthy hospitals equal healthy communities,” said Jeremy Bradford, president and CEO of Calvert Health, who asked legislators to support House Bill 351 and Senate Bill 520 to help fund a renovation of Calvert’s family birth center. Bradford said the hospital requested an allocation of $3,900,000 from an MHA bond grant toward a project whose total cost is “just under $10,000,000.”
Why it matters: All three hospitals described aging infrastructure,…
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