Maryland ACEP

10/15/2026

Maryland ACEP’s 2027 Legislative Reception!

Strong advocacy starts with meaningful conversations and relationships.

Join your Maryland ACEP colleagues on Wednesday, January 20, 2027, at 6:00 PM for an evening of constructive dialogue and partnership with Maryland lawmakers.

This is an opportunity to build connections, share perspectives, and support policies that strengthen emergency medicine and the communities we serve.

-Build connections.
-Advocate for emergency medicine.
-Help make a meaningful difference in Maryland.

All Maryland ACEP chapter members are invited!

📅 Wednesday, January 20, 2027
🕕 6:00 PM

Mark your calendar, register, spread the word, and watch for additional details. We hope to see you there!

10/13/2026

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 (Part 2)

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃

Building on the work from past years, I see that we're hitting critical mass, as evidenced by the number of people actively serving on MDCEP committees (Join us), the activity of our Town Halls, the continued success of our resolutions, and the new coalitions we're building.

The workplace violence bill is just the beginning. The list of issues is daunting; pediatric boarding of psychiatric patients, the boarding of ADMITTED hospital patients in the Emergency Department, unfair insurance denials, more and more people coming off of insurance, reimbursement/payments wrongly sometimes illegally delayed or denied creating fiscal stress on hospitals and healthcare systems.

These are troubled times for US medicine and we must meet the challenges, each and every one.

Maryland ACEP is a strong capable chapter. We represent 1200 physicians in Maryland, though only ½ are members. Join us. Together we can have even more impact in advocating for emergency medicine and even more so for our patients.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐏 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝!

10/13/2026

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 (Part 1)

𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 / 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄

We have the Workplace Violence Town Hall is coming up on 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟓𝐏𝐌 (Spread the word!). Drs. Mann and McCarville have created a stellar program. (See picture)

We’ve invited the Emergency Nurses Association, the Maryland Nurses Association and the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East as well as inviting nursing departments and nurse training programs across Maryland

This is part of a coordinated effort to get the Sacred Spaces Workplace Violence Prevention Bill passed this coming legislative session.

Maryland lags behind other states in protecting its healthcare workers. A 2026 Health Affairs Scholar study found that 45 states had laws protecting healthcare workers against workplace violence. FORTY-FIVE states! A study published in the Annals of Epidemiology noted that California had a 48% decrease in assaults in healthcare workers following their passage of such protection.

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒

The bill's author, Delegate Tiffany Alston, is our Legislator of the Year Award for 2026 for her efforts to date.

Finally, we need people to testify. You can either submit written testimony or arrange to testify in person.

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 — 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞.

And contact your legislators- tell them it’s time

Following the bill's passage (positive thinking here), we'll work on a public awareness campaign. It’s not enough to pass the bill, we have to let people know about it.

The whole idea is that it should be ingrained in the public consciousness that hitting a nurse, tech or doc is as bad as hitting a cop.

After this town Hall, our next will be on pediatric psychiatric boarding. This Town Hall will be in early December, specific date to be determined.

10/12/2026

Violence in our emergency departments is a serious issue—and protecting the people who care for our communities must be a priority. Our emergency physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, technicians, and entire ED teams deserve to work in a safe environment.

Join Maryland ACEP for an important virtual town hall to identify gaps in care, share real-world solutions, and build stronger systems to prevent violence and protect our teams.

📅 Wednesday, October 28, 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM ET
💻 Via Zoom

Featuring emergency medicine professionals and special guests, including Stefanie Mavronis, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE), and Delegate Tiffany T. Alston.

Our goal: better policies, stronger systems, and safer emergency departments for everyone.

📩 Ready to participate? Email [email protected] to request the Zoom registration link.

Your voice matters. Your participation matters. Together, we can move from crisis to prevention.

10/10/2026

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐏 — 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 (Part 1)

Just back from Chicago ACEP Council and it went very very well for Maryland.

𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

First—BOTH of our resolutions were adopted!

The first resolution was regarding limiting prior authorization wait times that Dr. Debra Ravert authored.

The second directs the ACEP Board to form a workgroup to create an ED-based waiver for Medicare's three-day rule for skilled nursing facility coverage. There are already several exceptions to the three-day rule, and the idea is to use that format and modify it for Emergency Department patients.

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬

We also had THREE Maryland ACEP national award winners:

• Joseph P. Martinez, MD, FACEP — National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award

• Cheyenne Falat, MD, FACEP — National Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty Teaching Award

• Pryanka Relan, MD, MPH — Public Health Trailblazer Award

I'll also note here that Drs. Falat and Martinez will be joining our educational committee!

𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐒

We have three Marylanders (that we know of) who were recognized as Fellows of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) this year:

• Kelly Ellis, MD — Greater Baltimore Medical Center

• Zachary Smith, MD — Meritus Medical Center

• Todd Andrew Jaffe, MD — Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center

(Please let me know if I missed any)

10/09/2026

10/09/2026

Congrats to all those newly elected and re-elected. We appreciate your hard work.

10/08/2026

Two Maryland ACEP Resolutions. Two Important Wins for Emergency Medicine!

We are proud to share that two resolutions supported by Maryland ACEP were adopted at the 2026 ACEP Council Meeting in Chicago!

Resolution 1: Creation of a Workgroup to Advance an ED-Based Medicare Three-Day Rule Waiver
This resolution calls for the creation of an ACEP member workgroup to develop and advance a proposal that could allow eligible Medicare patients to be transferred directly from the Emergency Department or observation setting to appropriate skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or swing-bed care—without an avoidable inpatient admission.

Resolution 2: Response Time Standards for Insurance-Based Transfer and Admission Authorization Requests
This resolution supports advocacy for timely responses from insurers regarding transfer and admission authorization requests—and calls for state insurance regulators to monitor compliance and publish annual reports.

Both resolutions address real challenges faced every day in emergency departments and have the potential to improve patient flow, access to appropriate care, and the practice environment for emergency physicians.

👏 A huge thank you to our Maryland ACEP Councillors, Alternate Councillors, resolution authors/reviewers, and Advocacy Committee members who helped bring these issues forward and advocated for emergency medicine at Council.

This is advocacy in action!

Have an idea for an issue Maryland ACEP should bring to ACEP Council in 2027? Let’s write the next resolution together!

10/05/2026

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