Over the last several years, "defined contribution health plans" have surfaced as a meansof attempting to control the cost of employee health benefits. One form of these plans
HIPAA Privacy Withstands Attack: Did you know that, not only has the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in South Carolina Medical Association v.
HIPAA Privacy Withstands Attack: Did you know that, not only has the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Fourth Circuit, in South Carolina Medical Association v. Thompson,
New EMTALA rules went into effect on November 10, 2003. Each hospital with anemergency department must now maintain an on-call list of physicians to respond to
The Department of Labor’s Wage-Hour Division reported that the number of FMLA claims increased slightly in the fiscal year which ended September 30, 2003. 1,567 of the 3,565 FMLA claims filed
In late July, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will require foreign health care workers to comply with additional certification requirements, documenting professional com
1. In May, the Maryland Health Care Commission (HCC) released its web-based performance report on ambulatory surgery facilities. It can be found at amsurgguide.mhcc.state.md. us.
Under a health care flexible spending account (FSA), an employee elects to have his or her pay reduced in exchange for reimbursement of medical expenses that are not covered by the employee's other