New IRS Regulations on Transfers from For-Profit Companies to Exempt Entities

Tax-exempt hospitals appear to be swinging back from the days of experimenting with for profit ventures that assumed managed care risk or operated physician practices.

Is the SAAC Discount Dead?

Maryland's hospital rate-setting commission, the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC), has traditionally allowed third-party payors to pay Maryland hospitals 4% less than the hospitals' a

Here Comes the Attorney General

Health care providers should take notice of the expanding role of State Attorneys General in the internal corporate activities of nonprofit health care entities.

Can an HMO Be Billed for the Balance?

Maryland's Attorney General has issued advice to the State Insurance Commissioner concerning "balance billing" of HMO enrollees.

Physician Unions: An Antitrust Panacea?

Can physicians increase their bargaining power in negotiations with managed care plans (MCPs)? One way is for physicians collectively to negotiate their contracts with MCPs.

New Maryland Health Care Legislation - Summer 1999

The following is a sampling of some of the more significant health care measures enacted by the Maryland General Assembly during its 1999 Session.

Medical Care and the Millennium Bug

We all know the first joke of the new millennium: "Don't be on a life-support system at midnight on December 31, 1999."

Maryland Regulatory News - Summer 1999

1. In March, the Health Care Access and Cost Commission (HCACC) released its annual report on health care expenditures and utilization based on 1997 data.

Inspector General Reports to Congress on Medicare Fraud

June Gibbs Brown, the Inspector General of the U.S.

Did You Know? - Summer 1999

Health Lawyers Acquitted: Did you know that two health care attorneys were acquitted of criminal charges that they allegedly participated in an anti-kickback violation involving a