Maryland health, human services, insurance and exchange agencies reported that 4,500 people lost Medicaid on October 1 because of immigration status. On January 1, 2027, 320,000 Marylanders face work requirements and twice-yearly renewals.
The Maryland Insurance Administration approved 2027 rates on September 25, 2026, raising unsubsidized individual plans an average 14.6% and small-group plans 10.2%. Individual-market coverage fell to about 274,000 people from 294,000 a year earlier.
Several coverage changes for immigrant patients land on October 1. Maryland Medicaid ends coverage for some lawfully present immigrants, and Mississippi has proposed limiting CHIP from that date.
The Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board's July 1 final report identifies 185 parent covered entities, 289 child sites, and 1,702 contract-pharmacy contracts statewide as of 2026, including 20 community health center parent entities.
Maryland's first Rural Health Transformation award round names four FQHCs in official award-offer documents: Choptank Community Health System ($1,976,042), Greater Baden Medical Services ($1,448,100), Mountain Laurel Medical Center ($1,058,750)…
MDH announced that ten FQHCs joined the Maryland Vaccine Program, which supplies recommended vaccines at no cost to uninsured and underinsured adults age 19 and older. The state allocated $2.8 million to the expansion.
The Maryland Community Health Resources Commission announced $7.5 million for 14 projects expected to serve more than 12,000 Marylanders after 101 proposals requested $66.6 million.
In an August 4, 2026 announcement marking National Health Center Week (August 2 to 8, 2026), Choptank Community Health System reported serving nearly 35,000 patients annually across Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties…
Chase Brexton Health Services Inc. Said it had received a two-year Maryland Department of Health award to support renovation and expansion of exam rooms on the third floor of its Mt. Vernon Center and the recruitment and onboarding of…
Choptank Community Health System, Inc., operating as Choptank Health, reported receiving a $500,000 Weinberg Foundation grant supporting its Chestertown Health Center expansion.
In an April 15, 2026 first-party review, Health Care for the Homeless reported that its Street Medicine Program began in 2025 and provided 792 instances of health care where people live, opened 456 outreach conversations, and engaged 265 people…
MDH's implementation page, updated August 20, reports an exact first-year Rural Health Transformation award of $168,180,837.61, fully funded by CMS/HHS and renewable over five years for 18 state-designated rural areas.
The Maryland Insurance Administration reported proposed rates affecting about 482,000 people across individual non-Medigap health, small-group health, and individual non-Medigap stand-alone dental products, equal to 19% of the commercial market.
Maryland's Developmental Disabilities Administration submitted its Community Pathways waiver amendment to CMS on July 1, 2026 after receiving 846 unique public comments.
On June 29, Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 24 other attorneys general and two governors in challenging CMS's June 3 interim final rule for Medicaid work-requirement exemptions.
The April 14 panel opinion applied the Fourth Circuit's West Virginia precedent, held that the Maryland district court had erred as a matter of law, and vacated and remanded the order denying a preliminary injunction.
The Rural Health Transformation schedule updated August 20 shows that two Maryland Department of Labor application windows totaling $18.5 million closed August 9: $3.5 million for apprenticeship and Rural Advancement for Maryland Peers expansion…
HSCRC says AHEAD requires statewide all-payer total-cost growth and primary-care investment targets. A short-term advisory council informed the methodology, and the Regulatory Working Group's stated comment deadline was July 20, 2026.
MDH's current guidance says the new requirements reach up to 320,000 members. Qualifying activity can include 80 hours in a month of work, volunteering, job training or education, or earnings of at least $580; some members must renew every six months.
MDH's January 28 briefing estimated that about 115,000 ACA expansion adults could lose coverage under work requirements applying to more than 320,000 adults, and that about 15,000 noncitizens could lose eligibility beginning October 1, 2026.
MDH announced on December 31, 2025 that Maryland received $168 million for the first year of the five-year Rural Health Transformation Program, renewable over five years.
In a January 28 legislative briefing, MDH estimated that federal changes could reduce Maryland Medicaid funding by up to about $2.7 billion annually once all bill provisions are fully implemented.
In March 25 Senate Finance testimony, MACHC supported HB 1112 and described Maryland's 16 FQHCs as facing workforce shortages, rising operating costs and greater patient acuity.
Current MDH guidance says asylees, refugees, people paroled for at least one year, and certain victims of abuse or trafficking will no longer qualify beginning in October 2026.
A May 28 order states that a majority of eligible active Fourth Circuit judges voted to grant rehearing en banc in the consolidated Maryland appeals led by No. 24-1939.
MDH's employer guidance says some Medicaid members will face work and renewal requirements beginning in January 2027, with lower-wage, part-time and seasonal workers more likely to be affected.
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