There are no announcements at this time.

Current Activities

• Medical Home Chapter Champions Program on Asthma, Allergy, and Anaphylaxis
  This program supports the facilitation and dissemination of best practices, evidence-based guidelines, and resources in asthma, allergy, and anaphylaxis for clinicians throughout the state.

• Care First Patient-Centered Medical Home Program
  A program of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland, this region-wide patient-centered medical home program works to lower cost of care and improve quality.
• Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
  With funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, these community-based projects address health disparities and implement components of the pediatric medical home. Current projects in Maryland include the following:
• The Baltimore Citywide Child Protection Team: Improving Access to Care for Children with Suspected Abuse and Neglect

Past Activities

• Maryland Multi-Payer Patient-Centered Medical Home Program
  A 3-year pilot program that included 53 primary care practices and at least 5 pediatric practices. Pediatric specific quality measures were included in this project, as well as financial incentives for patient-centered medical home implementation.
• Maryland Community of Care Consortium for Children with Special Health Care Needs
  A multi-stakeholder initiative working to improve the systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs. Major partners include the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
  With funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, these community-based projects address health disparities and implement components of the pediatric medical home. Past projects in Maryland include the following:

• The Breathmobile Program
• New Bridges to Improved Child Health
• Contruyendo Para Un Manana Saludable
• Healthy Tomorrows Parenting Program
• Families in Transition

• Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  This professional organization provides news, advocacy/legislation information, resources, and opportunities to connect with pediatric experts within Maryland.

• The Parent's Place of Maryland
  The Family Voices State Affiliate Organization and Family-to-Family Health Information Center of Maryland provides resources, peer support, education, and information to families of children with special health care needs.
• Maryland Title V
  A profile of Maryland's state Title V program, includes contact information for the Maternal and Child Health and the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program.
• Maryland Medicaid
  State Medicaid Directors Contact Information
  Find information on Medicaid programs, resources, providers, and contacts within Maryland.
• Maryland Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Resource Locator
  An online resource locator for families and clinicians on resources and services specific to children and youth with special health care needs in the state of Maryland.

• Maryland 2014 CHIP Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides key information about Maryland's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at a time when Maryland was implementing the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization and the Affordable Care Act.

• Maryland Medicaid Fact Sheet
  Provides information on the number of children in Maryland eligible, enrolled, and unenrolled in Medicaid.
• State at-a-glance Chartbook on Coverage and Financing for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  This chartbook provides state specific data on select indicators of health coverage and financing for children and youth with special health care needs.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Maryland State Profile, CYSHCN
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN), 2009/2010.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Maryland Profile, All Children
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007.
• National Academy for State Health Policy State Delivery System and Payment Reform Map
  This state page summarizes Medicaid and CHIP initiatives in Maryland that promote medical home implementation.
• Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Maine PCMH Map
  This state page summarizes public and private payer patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives in Maryland.