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The Maryland Health Care Commission proposes to amend Regulations .01-.17 and .19 under COMAR 10.25.10 Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund. This action was considered at an open meeting held by the Commission on September 19, 2024. This action was printed in the Maryland Register published November 1, 2024, Volume 51, Issue 22, Pages 969-975. 

Comments may be sent to Jason Caplan, Chief, Special Projects, Maryland Health Care Commission, 4160 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215, or call 410-764-3579, or email to Jason.caplan3@maryland.gov. Comments will be accepted through December 2, 2024. A public hearing has not been scheduled. 

Final action on the proposal will be considered by the Maryland Health Care Commission during a public meeting to be held on December 19, 2024 at 1:00 pm, at 4160 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.

Comments Due: December 2, 2024
 

The Maryland Health Care Commission proposes to repeal existing Regulation .01 and adopt new Regulation .01 under COMAR 10.24.20 State Health Plan for Facilities and Services: Comprehensive Care Facility Services, which is incorporated by reference. This action was considered by the Commission at an open meeting held on September 19, 2024. This action was printed in the Maryland Register, published November 15, 2024, Volume 51, Issue 23. The Incorporated by Reference document can be viewed here. 

Comments may be sent to Deanna Dunn, Health Facilities Coordinator, Maryland Health Care Commission, 4160 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215, or call 410-764-3276, or email to mhcc_regs.comment@maryland.gov. Comments will be accepted through December 16, 2024. A public hearing has not been scheduled.

Final action on the proposal will be considered by the Maryland Health Care Commission during a public meeting to be held on January 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm, at 4160 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215.

Comments Due: December 16, 2024

The Maryland Health Care Commission proposes to amend existing Regulations .01, .03, and .12, adopt new Regulation .21, and recodify existing Regulations .21 and .22 to be Regulations .22 and .23 under COMAR 10.24.01 Procedural Regulations for Health Care Facilities and Services. This action was considered by the Commission at an open meeting held on September 19, 2024. This action was printed in the Maryland Register, published November 15, 2024, Volume 51, Issue 23, Page 1042. 

Comments may be sent to Deanna Dunn, Health Facilities Coordinator, Maryland Health Care Commission, 4160 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215, or call 410-764-3276, or email to mhcc_regs.comment@maryland.gov. Comments will be accepted through December 16, 2024. A public hearing has not been scheduled. 

Final action on the proposal will be considered by the Maryland Health Care Commission during a public meeting to be held on January 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm, at 4160 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215.

Comments Due: December 16, 2024

The Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) is seeking public comment on three applications for access to data from the Maryland Medical Care Database (MCDB). As required by COMAR 10.25.05.07, the MHCC accepts public comments on completed applications for a period of 10 business days following publication.

The applications under review are:

1. Katie Corcoran, West Virginia University Project Title: "Collaborative Research: HNDS-R Networks and Health Disparities in Delays in Diagnosis of Medical Conditions with Ambiguous Symptoms" 
2. Robert McQueen, University of Colorado Project Title: "Diabetic Ketoacidosis Trends and Resource Utilization at Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in the United States" 
3. Christine Yee, Boston University Project Title: "Comparing Utilization, Outcomes, and Choice between VHA and non-VHA Health Care Systems"

The public comment period will be open from September 25, 2024, to October 9, 2024. Comments may be submitted via email to mahlet.konjit-solomon@maryland.gov.

Please reference the applicant name and project title in your comments.

All comments received will be provided to the Data Release Advisory Committee for consideration during the application review process, as outlined in COMAR 10.25.05.09.

For questions about the public comment process, please contact Mahlet Konjit-Solomon at mahlet.konjit-solomon@maryland.gov.