Danielle E. Gaines

Oct 23, 2024 | marylandmatters.org | Danielle E. Gaines

Voters in Anne Arundel County will consider four amendments to the County Charter in November, which could reshape county government to slight degrees. Any changes to the charter must receive supermajority approval from the County Council before going to the voters. Marylanders can register to vote during early voting and on Election Day. If you want to find out where you can vote early, between Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, click here. To find out where to drop off a mail ballot at a dropbox, click here.

Sep 26, 2024 | wtop.com | Danielle E. Gaines

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Maryland Department of Health and Kaiser Permanente have settled negotiations on a contract that will let the health care company continue as a state Medicaid provider, ensuring that more than 100,000 Medicaid recipients maintain access to their current doctors.

Jul 2, 2024 | chestertelegraph.org | Danielle E. Gaines

By Danielle Gaines©2024 Maryland MattersVermont and Maryland have been chosen as test-subject states for a new federal program that officials hope will improve patient outcomes and bridge inequities while constraining hospital and medical costs. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Tuesday that Vermont and Maryland will be the first states to implement the new States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model, called the AHEAD Model.

Jun 4, 2024 | southernmarylandchronicle.com | Danielle E. Gaines |David Higgins

With Maryland nearing 1.5 million reported cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, experts are monitoring new variants of the virus that could create a surge in cases in the coming months. Despite its cutesy nickname, health officials say the so-called “FLiRT” variants of COVID-19 seem to be more successful at evading immunity despite previous infections or vaccinations. “While ‘FLiRT’ is an interesting name, it’s actually based in science.

May 16, 2024 | marylandmatters.org | Josh Kurtz |Bryan P. Sears |Kim Lyons |Danielle E. Gaines

Federal and state environmental officials have acknowledged for the past couple of years that states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed will fall short of meeting some of their pollution reduction and resiliency goals by the federally prescribed 2025 deadlines. But policymakers, scientists, academics and advocates continue to focus on both the 2025 objectives and a new set of imperatives that reflect both the progress and the challenges in Bay cleanup that remain.