MSA Legislative Committee

DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST

The following are documents issued by State Agencies and/or presented as testimony in hearings or briefings:

1. MIA-2024 Health Insurance Rates - October 5, 2023

2. MIA-HDH Plans - October 5, 2023

3. December 12, 2023: HGO Briefing on Hospital Operating Room Survey for Pediatric Medicaid Dental Cases:

1. Link to Briefing Agenda and Materials

2. Link to Video Recording (relevant section at 2hr 14min mark)

3. Study of OR Space for Dental Procedures  

4. January 17, 2024: HGO Briefing on ED Wait Times and HSCRC Total Cost of Care/AHEAD 

1. Improving Hospital Throughput and Emergency Department Length of Stay - Improving Hospital Throughput 

2. Update on Total Cost of Care Model, AHEAD Model, and Improving  Emergency Department Wait Times - HSCRC MDH 

5. Maryland General Assembly Hospital Throughput Work Group Final Report - March 2024

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Change Healthcare Cyber Attack:

Maryland Department of Health Response, Guidance, and Resources 

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MSA Resource Information:

Hospital Stipends and Subsidies:

JULY 15, 2024 - Anesthesiology News - Hospital Subsidies: The Modern ‘Invisible Hand’ of Capitalism That Drives Anesthesia
By David Sherer, MD 

Trends in direct hospital payments to anesthesia groups: A retrospective cohort study of nonacademic hospitals in California (Anesthesiology. 2019 Sep; 131(3): 534–542. )

Medicaid Dental Programs:

New Hampshire - New Hampshire seeks to recruit more Medicaid dental providers: 8 notes