Maryland Legal Alert - May 2007

FOLLOW YOUR OWN E-MAIL USE POLICY OR RISK LIABILITY

2007 Maryland Laws Update

The 2007 session of the Maryland General Assembly adjourned on April 9.

Trigger Rates for April 2007

A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o

Maryland Legal Alert - April 2007

MARYLAND COURTS QUESTION ARBITRATION OF CONSUMER CREDIT DISPUTES

Where Is Your ePHI?

Instinctively, you may think that ePHI, or electronic protected health information, is where it always is, in a computer server somewhere within your office, with sufficient electronic and physical

What Are Those Pilgrims Up To Now?

Massachusetts' goal is to cover between 90% and 95% of the State's medically uninsured over

Q & A - About the Board of Physicians' MRI Declaratory Ruling

The Maryland Patient Referral Law (the MPRL) prohibits health care practitioners from referring patients to health care entities with which the referrer has a financial interest, unless the arrange

Maryland Regulatory News Spring 2007

1. In December, the Maryland Health Care Commission (HCC) released its "2005 Prescription Drug Use and Expenditures" report.

Hospital Peer Review: Do It Right

In Poliner v. Texas Health Systems, a Texas cardiologist received a $22.5 million judgment after a Texas hospital convinced the cardiologist to stop performing catheterizations.

Did You Know? Spring 2007

Union Forced Nurse Firings: Did you know that a union enforced the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that required a hospital to discharge nurses who do not pay union dues?
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