• Register here for the Maryland Health Department all-physician webinar for tomorrow, Friday, May 15 at 12:00 noon. Reminder: these webinars have been accredited for CME compliments of MedChi. Be sure to submit the evaluation form at the end of the slides.

• CMS Lessons from the Front Lines will be held tomorrow, Friday, May 15 at 12:30-2:00 pm.

• University of Maryland Medical System is holding two COVID-19 webinars next week:
• Support for Pediatric Providers on Tuesday, May 19 at 6:00 pm.
• Support for Community Providers on Thursday, May 21 at 6:00 pm.

• Governor Larry Hogan has announced that Maryland's stay-at-home order will be lifted as of tomorrow, Friday, May 15 at 5pm. Not every jurisdiction will follow suit, however; the Governor is offering flexibility for harder-hit regions to extend their stay-at-home orders beyond Friday.
• Baltimore City and Baltimore County jointly announced their intention to continue stay-at-home orders.
• Carroll County voted today to lift the order on Friday in accordance with the Governor's timeline.
• Frederick County is still evaluating options.
• Montgomery County plans to continue its stay-at-home order.
• Prince George's County extended its stay-at-home order to June 1.

• As health care facilities and physician practice taking their first steps toward resuming non-emergent care, we hope you'll find this Reopening Toolkit to be useful.

• The Small Business Administration has released updated guidelines on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

• We encourage you to share this fact sheet with your patients to spread the word about Maryland Health Connection's coronavirus emergency special enrollment period.

• CMS has issued a COVID-19 Best Practices Toolkit for Nursing Homes.