Ned Himmelrich presented at Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL). This topic was originally presented in 2003 and updated for 2004.
Many individuals have carefully arranged for health care decisions to be made on theirbehalf in the event of their incapacity. These individuals have designated a close relative
Doctors are suing health insurers and HMOs in regard to alleged improper paymentpractices, and such suits often seek the recovery of punitive damages in addition to
Congress has recently expanded the Medicare Program to cover prescription drugs.However, while awaiting that action several states initiated their own prescription drug
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.
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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