Save Regional Medical Center and Cardiac Care for our County

Citizen Action Needed to Save Regional Medical Center and Cardiac Care for our County (read below, share with neighbors, act fast) State Finally Approves Prince George's County Regional Medical Center The Maryland Heath Care Cost Commission (MHCC) recently approved the Certificate of Need (CON) for Prince George’s Regional Medical Center and ambulatory care center.  The intent is to ensure our Prince George’s County residents will have access to a new state of the art 205 bed acute care, teaching and research facility designed to be a regional place for health care excellence.  The Prince George’s Regional Medical Center (PGRMC) will be connected to a health system that will bring quality access to needed primary care and improve the health status of Prince George’s County residents.  The Prince George’s Medical System in preparing for the new Regional Medical Center and to meet the outstanding cardiac needs of our Prince George’s residents revitalized its cardiac surgery program. Our Prince George’s cardiac program has the highest quality ratings and is growing every day.  The cardiac program is a key component to the success of the new Regional Medical Center.  Alert- State Health Care Commission is Taking Action to Threaten the Viability of the New Regional Medical Center and Cardiac Care The MHCC in an unfair and discriminatory manner approved the development of a competing cardiac surgery program for Anne Arundel County (AAC).  The MHCC ignored its own regulatory guidelines and gave no regard to the data that clearly indicates the approval for the AAC site will jeopardize the viability of the new PGRMC  they just approved and will certainly threaten the success of the Prince George’s Medical System Cardiac Care Program. The MHCC is unfairly allowing Anne Arundel County to pull cardiac patients from Prince George’s before the new Regional Center can be completed and result in lowering the volume of cardiac cases seen in Prince George’s, thereby ensuring a weakened and threatened Prince George’s Cardiac Care Program. MHCC Commissioner applied standards of review different than were applied to Prince George’s, ignored information, never required adequate responses from AAC, never required proof (as it did to PGRMC) that AAC cardiac program would be financially feasible, and in an overt discriminatory manner and appear to decide that AAC was wealthy enough to absorb losses. Act fast- activate neighbors- don’t let our County voices go unheard! Don’t let Anne Arundel County be allowed to have access to preferred MHCC treatment and drain the viability of our County Cardiac Care Email, write, call and make sure you ask for your concerns to be shared with all the Commissioners Maryland Healthcare Commission: 4160 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215 General Information Number: (410) 764-3460 Toll Free: 1 (877) 245-1762 Ben Steffen, Executive Director -  410.764.3565 - ben.steffen@maryland.gov Craig Tanio, MD, MBA, Chair - (Term Expires 9/30/2016) craig.tanio@gmail.com (the Commissioner that issued the decision) Sincerely, Delegate Angela M. Angel Maryland House of Delegates Legislative District 25