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
Hospital's Failure to Use Donated Funds: Did you know that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed a lawsuit against Yale-New Haven Hospital alleging that the hos
Two San Diego anesthesiology groups have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that they jointly agreed to fix prices for medical services and otherwise engaged in anticompetitive