While Congress is wrangling over a federal Patients' Bill of Rights, it should be remembered that Maryland passed its own Patients' Bill of Rights Act in 1999.
1. In September at its final meeting, the Health Resources Planning Commission (HRPC) approved a new open heart surgery program for Sacred Heart Hospital in Western Maryland.
When the Medicare Program adopted the Prospective Payment System (PPS) in the mid-eighties, regulators were concerned that by paying hospitals a fixed amount per diagnosis, hospitals might be
Dually Eligible: Did you know that the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a lower court decision that validated the District of Columbia's practice of reimbur
Recent proposals by payors have caused Maryland's Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) to review, to revise, and to reissue its policy relating to Alternative Rate Methodologies (ARMs).
The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland (MedChi), Maryland's largest medical society, recently issued a Report concerning restrictive covenant
Thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), state regulation of health care is likely to increase substantially.
In May of 1999, Maryland's highest court addressed two issues of interest to the medical community - sexual harassment and the definition of the practice of medicine.