Erin Dorrien is director of Policy and Government Affairs at the Maryland Hospital Association. She leads MHA’s workforce and capacity strategies, including an approach to quantify the need for behavioral health services in the community. Erin also supports MHA’s strategies to increase physician and community engagement in support of Maryland’s unique Total Cost of Care Model.Prior to joining MHA, Erin served as chief of Government and Public Affairs for the Maryland Health Care Commission. There she shepherded legislation through the General Assembly to modernize oversight of cardiac interventions convening multiple stakeholder work groups and special projects around rural health care delivery, physician self-referral, step therapy, and palliative care. Previously she was with the Department of Legislative Services where she staffed the House Appropriations Committee on matters related to health and human services.Erin holds a Master of Public Policy with a concentration in health policy from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy at the University at Albany. She serves on the board of the South Baltimore Learning Center and is an active volunteer with Moveable Feast.