Maryland Insurance Commissioner Orders HMO to Pay Providers Twice

In an order dated December 27, 1999, Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Steven B.

HIPAA Privacy Standards for Electronic Health Information

The use of, and reliance on, the electronic exchange of health care information has increased dramatically during the last decade.

Maryland's High Court Rules on Hospital Rates

The Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) sets hospital rates in Maryland.

Maryland Regulatory News - Spring 2000

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Long-Anticipated New Safe Harbors Arrive

The federal anti-kickback law has long prevented health care providers from entering into certain business arrangements.

HSCRC Redesign

On February 2, 2000, the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) accepted and adopted the report of the HSCRC's Hospital Rate Redesign Work Group.

Did You Know? - Spring 2000

Utilization Review as the Practice of Medicine: Did you know that Ohio's Attorney General recently opined that physicians making utilization review decisions for third-party payors

Clinical Trials - Follow The Rules

More and more doctors are supplementing their income by soliciting their patients to participate in clinical trials sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.

Are Your Business Methods Patentable?

 Patent protection may now be available for certain types of business methods that previously might have been unprotectable.

OIG Work Plan - What's in Store for 2000?

The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), the agency charged with enforcing Medicare fraud and abuse prohibitions, has recently released its Work Plan fo