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Maryland Hospital Association

Comptroller Brooke Lierman, left, and Health Secretary Meena Seshamani talk through some of the challenges facing Maryland's healthcare industry. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters)
Apr 30, 2026

MD comptroller report reveals steep challenges facing healthcare industry

Healthcare and social assistance is the largest industry and leading job creator in Maryland, but there are strains on the industry, a new report says.

Maryland’s health care bureaucracy hurts patients. This bill would make it worse.
Mar 20, 2026

Maryland’s health care bureaucracy hurts patients. This bill would make it worse.

Commentary: While Maryland leads the country in ER wait times, proposed bills would expand Certificate-of-Need laws, worsening access to care.

Dr. Meena Seshamani joined Melony G. Griffith and members of the MHA Board of Trustees during the Annual Membership Meeting. (Photo by Maximilian Franz Photography)
Jul 31, 2025

Maryland Hospital Association holds 2025 annual meeting in Baltimore

The Maryland Hospital Association convened its 2025 Annual Membership Meeting June 9-10 in Baltimore, drawing more than 200.

State Sen. Melony Griffith, a Prince George’s County Democrat who was elected to her second state Senate term in November, will become the first Black woman to lead the Maryland Hospital Association in its 54-year history.
Jan 12, 2024

New MHA president focused on bolstering health care workforce amid shortages

Melony Griffith, president and CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association, said there continues to be a pervasive need for more health care workers.

State Sen. Melony Griffith, a Prince George’s County Democrat who was elected to her second state Senate term in November, will become the first Black woman to lead the Maryland Hospital Association in its 54-year history.
Oct 6, 2023

Maryland Senate finance chair leaving legislature to lead MHA

Maryland state Senate Finance Committee Chair Melony Griffith said Friday that she will resign from the legislature to become the president and CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association, a powerful trade organization for 60 nonprofit hospitals and health systems.

Brian D. Pieninck
Feb 10, 2023

CEO Atlas is out at Maryland Hospital Association

The head of the Maryland Hospital Association is out after five years leading the organization.

As COVID-19 cases decline, Maryland hospitals see return to normal operations
Mar 1, 2022

As COVID-19 cases wane, Maryland hospitals still ‘trying to catch up’

The surge of the omicron variant of COVID-19, which peaked in January in Maryland, was possibly the most challenging part of the pandemic to date for hospitals, many of which […]

Nursing vacancies in Maryland have risen 50% since August, officials say
Feb 1, 2022

Nursing vacancies in Maryland have risen 50% since August, officials say

Nursing shortages are still a massive concern for Maryland hospitals.

Johns Hopkins, AAMC conducting COVID-19 antibody study
Dec 29, 2021

In sudden jump, Maryland reaches all-time high COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases in Maryland have both reached an all-time high Wednesday.

Eye on Annapolis Summit
Dec 15, 2021

Hogan announces steps to address rising COVID-19 hospitalizations

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced additional actions to prepare for a further surge in COVID-19 amid rising hospitalizations.

Medical services expanding despite COVID
Apr 21, 2020

New state data reveals growing ICU usage from COVID-19

Maryland hospitals have seen a steady increase of COVID-19 patients over the past month, new state data shows, but hospitals say they still have beds available for people infected by […]

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Apr 10, 2020

Health care providers also feel economic pain of coronavirus

Even as they prepare to treat a surge of COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms and field hospitals, hospitals and private medical practices say they are not immune from the economic […]

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