The Maryland Health Care Commission is an independent regulatory agency whose mission is to plan for health system needs, promote informed decision-making, increase accountability, and improve access in a rapidly changing health care environment by providing timely and accurate information on availability, cost, and quality of services to policy makers, purchasers, providers, and the public. The Commission's vision for Maryland is to ensure that informed consumers hold the health care system accountable and have access to affordable and appropriate health care services through programs that serve as models for the nation.

The MHCC website application was recently exploited by a malicious actors to send unauthorized and inappropriate e-mails to some nursing homes, hospitals, and health insurance companies. The security flaw has been eliminated, and a thorough security review of the entire website has been completed. If you have any concerns about the emails sent from this email address MHCCADMINISTRATOR@MARYLAND.GOV,or any other MHCC e-mail address, please contact Valerie Agawale at valerie.agwale@maryland.gov.