This week’s top five most-clicked stories from MHA’s News Roundup newsletter spotlights health care leadership, new legislation to tackle the fibroid epidemic, and a new behavioral health partnership.
Adventist HealthCare Exec Steers Fort Washington Hospital Amid Shifting Health Care Landscape
Washington Business Journal, by Sara Gilgore
As a kid, Daffodil Baez thought she’d grow up to be a marine biologist just like Jacques Cousteau. Or a doctor. And though she still loves a good ocean documentary, she felt a stronger pull to medicine in middle school when her dad got a cancer diagnosis. Now, as the newly appointed president of Adventist HealthCare’s Fort Washington Medical Center in southern Prince George’s County, Baez is spearheading the conception of a new acute-care facility.
207 Community Hospital Presidents and CEOS to Know | 2025
Becker’s Hospital Review, by Anna Falvey
Community hospitals play a vital role in closing healthcare access gaps, and the CEOs who lead them are committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective care tailored to the needs of their local communities. The list includes M. Shafeeq Ahmed, MD, President of Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center; Thomas Kleinhanzl, Exofficio President and CEO of Frederick Health; Stuart Levine, MD, President of MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center; Stephen Michaels, MD, Senior Vice President of MedStar Health and President of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center; and Elizabeth Wise, President and CEO of UM Upper Chesapeake Health.
Maryland Streamlines Application for Food, Cash, & Health Assistance
The Baltimore Banner, by Pamela Wood
Marylanders seeking help paying for food, health care, and other necessities will have a smoother process in applying for government benefits. State officials have upgraded the application website, now simply called “Maryland Benefits” and available at marylandbenefits.gov. The goal, officials said Tuesday, is to remove barriers to getting aid.
Sen. Alsobrooks Announces Legislation Aimed at Addressing Fibroid Epidemic
WUSA-TV, by Lionel Donovan
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joined lawmakers and advocates just outside the Capitol on Tuesday to announce new legislation that could address an issue many struggle with across the country: uterine fibroids.
Sheppard Pratt, U-M Health-Sparrow Strike Behavioral Deal
Becker’s Behavioral Health, by Rylee Wilson
Sheppard Pratt will oversee Lansing, Mich.-based U-M Health-Sparrow’s behavioral health services. Baltimore-based Sheppard Pratt will lead U-M-Health Sparrow’s existing 59-bed behavioral unit and expand offerings in child and youth adolescent care.
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