Shore Regional Health outlines AHEAD model, federal rural funds, and regional medical center progress University of Maryland Shore Regional Health officials briefed commissioners on national rural hospital challenges, Maryland's new 10-year AHEAD waiver (effective 2026–2035), a $168 million CMS allocation to Maryland from the federal rural transformation program, and construction updates for the Midshore regional medical center (147 beds, geothermal systems planned).

Shore Regional Health is transforming rural healthcare with a groundbreaking $168 million federal fund and a new regional medical center that promises to revolutionize care for 172,000 residents.

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County health officer warns of Medicaid changes, outlines local impacts and rural-health funding bids Queen Anne's County Health Officer Bryce Strang briefed commissioners on disease trends, federal Medicaid changes from the recent OBAA law and local applications for rural health transformation funds, including a Chestertown behavioral-health stabilization project that faces a projected $1.4 million annual shortfall and $4–7 million in renovation成本

Major changes to Medicaid could leave 175,000 Marylanders without coverage, impacting local health services and budgets—are you prepared for what's ahead?

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