The Health Care Quality Improvement Task Force is charged with identifying strategies to improve the quality, affordability, and accessibility of nursing homes and assisted living programs in Maryland while optimizing how the State uses and shares data.
The Task Force was created by HB945.
Task Force Members
- Steven Langerman, Office of Health Care Quality (Chair)
- Tia Witherspoon-Udocox, Office of Health Care Quality
- Meg Sullivan, Public Health Services Administration
- Delegate Pam Guzzone, District 13
- Delegate Lesley Lopez, District 39
- Louise Lock, Office of the Attorney General
- Shondelle Wilson-Frederick, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Leslie Smith-Ray, Department of Aging
- Shamekka Kuykendall, Office of the Secretary
- Jamie Smith, Health Care Financing and Medicaid
- Douglas Jacobs, Maryland Health Care Commission
- Stephanie Peditto, Mid-Atlantic Patient Safety Center
Previous Task Force Meetings
Minutes from all prior Task Force meetings can be accessed here:
Upcoming Meetings
Information about the next Task Force meeting will be announced shortly.
Feedback or Comments for the Task Force
Please click here to submit comments for consideration by the Task Force.