Dr. Meena Seshamani

Absolutely, number one is improving the health and wellbeing of Marylanders is the vision. How that plays out, in the Department of Health in Maryland, there are four administrations. There's the Public Health Administration, the Developmental and Disability Services Administration, the Hadriel Health Administration, and our Healthcare Financing and Medicaid Administration.

And I think importantly as a department, being able to, as we were talking about Vin, connect across those so that we can make sure that we are really caring for people, not just treating a particular disease in a particular program, but really thinking across as to how we can continue to innovate, to support more holistic care.

And I think importantly as a department, being able to, as we were talking about Vin, connect across those so that we can make sure that we are really caring for people, not just treating a particular disease in a particular program, but really thinking across as to how we can continue to innovate, to support more holistic care.

And I think importantly as a department, being able to, as we were talking about Vin, connect across those so that we can make sure that we are really caring for people, not just treating a particular disease in a particular program, but really thinking across as to how we can continue to innovate, to support more holistic care.

That includes being able to see how we can most effectively utilize our dollars around chronic disease prevention, public education, around our vaccinations, around our epidemiologic surveillance, to how are we best leveraging our Medicaid program to keep people healthy, to keep them in their communities, to be able to support the myriad of experiences that impact someone's health.

That includes being able to see how we can most effectively utilize our dollars around chronic disease prevention, public education, around our vaccinations, around our epidemiologic surveillance, to how are we best leveraging our Medicaid program to keep people healthy, to keep them in their communities, to be able to support the myriad of experiences that impact someone's health.

That includes being able to see how we can most effectively utilize our dollars around chronic disease prevention, public education, around our vaccinations, around our epidemiologic surveillance, to how are we best leveraging our Medicaid program to keep people healthy, to keep them in their communities, to be able to support the myriad of experiences that impact someone's health.

For behavioral health, I gave you that example of that behavioral health and Medicaid partnership with our criminal justice, with our justice work. and being able to continue to develop a continuum of care and behavioral health where people are cared for at the very early preventive stages, not just when they end up in an institution. And for disability services,

For behavioral health, I gave you that example of that behavioral health and Medicaid partnership with our criminal justice, with our justice work. and being able to continue to develop a continuum of care and behavioral health where people are cared for at the very early preventive stages, not just when they end up in an institution. And for disability services,

For behavioral health, I gave you that example of that behavioral health and Medicaid partnership with our criminal justice, with our justice work. and being able to continue to develop a continuum of care and behavioral health where people are cared for at the very early preventive stages, not just when they end up in an institution. And for disability services,

That is the true epitome of person-based care, where caring for people with disabilities involves the entire family and the community and also requires us to take a look at how we can continue to provide that top-level care while also looking at our sustainability and making sure that the money goes in the most effective way possible. So really across all of the aspects

That is the true epitome of person-based care, where caring for people with disabilities involves the entire family and the community and also requires us to take a look at how we can continue to provide that top-level care while also looking at our sustainability and making sure that the money goes in the most effective way possible. So really across all of the aspects

That is the true epitome of person-based care, where caring for people with disabilities involves the entire family and the community and also requires us to take a look at how we can continue to provide that top-level care while also looking at our sustainability and making sure that the money goes in the most effective way possible. So really across all of the aspects

of our Department of Health, we have the opportunity to touch people's lives in Maryland from the moment they are born, even before they are born, to the day that they die, and really taking that to heart as we do our work.

of our Department of Health, we have the opportunity to touch people's lives in Maryland from the moment they are born, even before they are born, to the day that they die, and really taking that to heart as we do our work.

of our Department of Health, we have the opportunity to touch people's lives in Maryland from the moment they are born, even before they are born, to the day that they die, and really taking that to heart as we do our work.

That's a great question. And I think it is a combination of things.

That's a great question. And I think it is a combination of things.

That's a great question. And I think it is a combination of things.

First, I think it's important that we are ensuring quality in our provider community and really making sure that, you know, one of the things that we do is licensing of behavioral health providers and how are we ensuring that people who are providing services are providing quality service and really being able to protect people who seek behavioral health services.