The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as federal Health Care Reform, contains a myriad of new programs and rules that affect employers, employees, health insuranc
HITECH, which is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, establishes a program of incentive payments to eligible professionals and eligible hospitals that (1) participate in the
A federal district court in Maryland has recently indicated that Maryland would follow a growing number of jurisdictions in recognizing that a hospital may be sued for negligently credentialing a d
The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) regulates employer sponsored benefit plans, including health plans, and generally preempts, or overrules, state laws that relate to such