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Choptank Health celebrates expanded care in Chestertown

CHESTERTOWN — Choptank Community Health System joined the Kent County Chamber of Commerce, community leaders, and partners on Sept. 22 for an open house and ribbon-cutting at its expanded Chestertown Health Center. The gathering highlighted a growing team and greater access to medical, dental, and behavioral health care for Kent County residents. Guests toured the health center at 126 Philosophers Terrace, met members of the care team, and learned how Choptank Health’s services work together to support children, adults, and families close to home. Guests also visited Choptank Health’s Mobile Health Unit, which brings well and sick care directly to Mid-Shore communities. Mobile services help reduce transportation and scheduling barriers while connecting patients with Choptank Health’s broader network of care. Same-day scheduling and walk-up appointments are available. “We are proud to celebrate our Chestertown team and the expanded care now available to Kent County residents,” said Choptank Health President and CEO Sara Rich, MPA. “This center reflects our continued commitment to providing high-quality, coordinated care and being a trusted health care home for the whole family.” The Chestertown Health Center provides primary medical care for patients of all ages, including preventive and acute care, annual wellness visits, women’s health services,

Chestertown, MD · 27d

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Several Central PA counties enter Code Orange as air pollution rises

PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day throughout areas in Central PA on Saturday. The impacted counties are Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon, Lancaster, Allegheny and York. Strong temperature inversions in southwest and south central Pennsylvania are expected to increase...

Cumberland County, PA · 10-09

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ACA healthcare plans set to increase in 2027 for MD and DE

Salisbury, Md. – Rates for unsubsidized individual Affordable Care Act plans are increasing by an average of 14.6% in 2027 in Maryland. The Maryland Insurance Administration approved the proposed rates on Friday. Vincent DeMarco, the president of Health Care for All, a coalition established by a nonprofit advocating for universal health care, said Marylanders are about to see a sharp increase in their health care premiums next year due to decisions at the federal level.

Maryland · 28d

The Money Overview

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Maryland’s Medicare Advantage choices fall from 63 plans to 47 in 2027

Maryland will have 47 Medicare Advantage plans on offer for 2027, down from 63 this year, according to the state fact sheet the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published September 28. That is 16 fewer choices, a drop of about a quarter, in a year when CMS projects the national count to be […] The post Maryland’s Medicare Advantage choices fall from 63 plans to 47 in 2027 appeared first on The Money Overview .

Maryland · 28d

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Maryland Dept. of Environment fights farm owner over waterways pollution

Cecil County, MD · 27d

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The Reason Maryland Keeps Losing Medicare Advantage Plans Has Nothing to Do With Your Health

Nationally, about half of all Medicare recipients are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. In Maryland, that number is 27%. That gap is not a coincidence. It is the result of a Maryland law that has been on the books for decades — and it is the same reason the state keeps losing Medicare Advantage plans year after year.

Maryland · 29d

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New MedSTAR Medical Helicopter Arrives With More Space, Range And Lifesaving Capabilities

COLUMBIA, Md. — MedStar Health has introduced a new Airbus H145 D3 medical helicopter designed to give critical care teams more room, greater lifting capacity and additional flexibility when transporting some of the region’s sickest and most seriously injured patients. The aircraft is joining MedSTAR Transport, MedStar Health’s...

Baltimore, MD · 10-08

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Maryland Can Protect Its Roads Without Salting Its Waters By Hayden Haber

Maryland’s economy and culture rely on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. In the 2025-2026 winter season, the Maryland Department of Transportation reported rock salt in 87 salt facilities (386,000 tons) and salt brine at 77 sites (1.6 million gallons). These salts were the materials available to the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA). Runoff from salt-applied roads carries chloride into the waters that Chesapeake communities depend on. In Maryland, salt damages 28 watersheds, impairs water quality, endangers native species, and pollutes drinking water.

Maryland · 10-09

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Maryland Can Protect Its Roads Without Salting Its Waters By Hayden Haber

Maryland’s economy and culture rely on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. In the 2025-2026 winter season, the Maryland Department of Transportation reported rock salt in 87 salt facilities (386,000 tons) and salt brine at 77 sites (1.6 million gallons). These salts were the materials available to the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA). Runoff from salt-applied roads carries chloride into the waters that Chesapeake communities depend on. In Maryland, salt damages 28 watersheds, impairs water quality, endangers native species, and pollutes drinking water.

Maryland · 10-09

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Code Orange air quality alert in effect Saturday for Allegheny County, elsewhere in Pa.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange air quality alert for Saturday in Allegheny County as well as Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon, Lancaster, and York counties. Strong temperature inversions in southwest and south-central Pennsylvania will increase air pollution concentrations into the Code Orange range Saturday morning. These...

Allegheny County, PA · 10-09

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An ambitious experiment to save rural hospitals in Pa. had mixed results

A multi-year health policy experiment to support rural hospitals in Pennsylvania ended with mixed results, but other states are poised to start similar programs. Rural hospitals in the U.S. have struggled financially for years. In 2019, at the start of the health policy experiment in Pennsylvania, the state department of health reported that nearly half of rural hospitals were operating on a negative margin and in danger of closing.

Pennsylvania · 10-08

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Maryland drops to 47 Medicare Advantage plans for 2027 from 63 and Michigan to 181 from 192, while Louisiana rises to 124 from 111, CMS figures show

Maryland will have 47 Medicare Advantage plans on offer for 2027, down from 63 this year, according to federal figures released September 28. Michigan’s count slips to 181 from 192, and Louisiana goes the other way, rising to 124 from 111. The numbers come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ state-by-state fact sheets... The post Maryland drops to 47 Medicare Advantage plans for 2027 from 63 and Michigan to 181 from 192, while Louisiana rises to 124 from 111, CMS figures show appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Michigan · 10-08

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CMS Authorizes $170.97 Million in Federal Medicaid Funding for USVI

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland. CMS has authorized $170.97 million in federal Medicaid funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands for FY2027. Federal health records show that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has authorized $170.97 million in federal Medicaid funding for the U.S....

Woodlawn, MD · 10-08

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About 119,000 Montgomery County seniors to get $90 Medicare checks, feds say

MCM received news tips about seniors getting a $90 Medicare check from the Trump administration. The payment is legitimate, according to the White House and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). About 119,000 Montgomery County residents were enrolled in Original Medicare Part B as of June, according to...

Montgomery County, MD · 10-06

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Baltimore Waste Incinerator Is Condemned As Another Charts Its Future

After racking up dozens of pollution violations, the owner of a troubled South Baltimore medical waste incinerator must soon cease operations and pay a $600,000 penalty under a state legal settlement, Maryland officials announced on Oct. 1. The announcement comes nearly three years after owner Curtis Bay Energy pled guilty...

Baltimore, MD · 10-07

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An ambitious experiment to save rural hospitals in Pa. had mixed results

A multi-year health policy experiment to support rural hospitals in Pennsylvania ended with mixed results, but other states are poised to start similar programs. Rural hospitals in the U.S. have struggled financially for years. In 2019, at the start of the health policy experiment in Pennsylvania, the state department of health reported that nearly half of rural hospitals were operating on a negative margin and in danger of closing.

Pennsylvania · 10-07

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Wilmer's new glaucoma chief Thomas V. Johnson III on his vision

The Wilmer Eye Institute's new Glaucoma Division chief discusses mentoring junior faculty, multicenter trials, and optic nerve regeneration. Thomas V. Johnson III, MD, PhD, the Shelley and Allan Holt Rising Professor of Ophthalmology at the. at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, was recently named chief of...

Baltimore, MD · 10-07

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See you at the Expos

I am excited to invite you to join us at the Beacon Newspapers’ 27th annual 50+Expos. We produce these yearly events in both Maryland and Virginia to provide useful information and a great time to our readers and their family members. In case you haven’t been before, I can share that our Expos attract thousands of area residents who come for health screenings,... READ MORE

Silver Spring, MD · 10-08