PSQIA: On Your Mark, Get Ready, Stop

On July 29, 2005 President Bush signed the Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA).

Medicare Part D-Join Now or Pay Later

Medicare Part D - Medicare's first prescription drug program-became effective on January 1, 2006. The benefit is available to anyone who is eligible for Medicare.

Medical Directors: A Good Job to Have, But You Better Do A Good Job

Medical directors of nursing facilities in Maryland have a "good job," but now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is trying to ensure that these medical directors actually "do a g

Maryland Regulatory News Spring 2006

1.

Fraud-Busting 'MEDICs'

In the past, if you heard the word MEDIC, you likely thought of Radar O'Reilly or Klinger from M*A*S*H.

Did You Know? Spring 2006

Duty to an HIV-Positive Employee's Spouse: Did you know that Maryland's highest appellate court recently decided that an employer had no duty to an employee's spouse either to test

Back to the Future - Are Tax-Exempt Hospitals Headed for 1968?

By virtue of their charitable status, almost every hospital in Maryland enjoys exemptions from federal, state and local taxes.

Deferred Compensation Arrangements: What To Do Before 12/31/06

To combat abusive compensation practices such as those perpetrated in recent years by high-profile companies and their executives, Congress added a new Section 409A to the Internal Revenue Code.

U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Medimmune v. Genetech (Reverse Licensing Payments)

George Ritchie presented on the webcast entitled, "U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Medimmune v. Genetech (Reverse Licensing Payments)."

Should You Stop Collecting Odd-Days and Per-Diem Interest at Closing? One Federal Appellate Court Says Yes

Contributing Editor - Mary Murphy Powers, Esq., AllRegs