Tired of paying exorbitant fees to temporary nursing agencies to fill the nursing shortage, many health care employers are recruiting and hiring foreign nurses.
The federal law generally known as "Stark" prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to receive certain services from entities with which the physician has a financial relationship.
In February of 2002, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided not to challenge a physician group's plan to operate as a clinically integrated joint venture and jointly to negotiate contracts with
Two recent Maryland appellate decisions, Witte v. Azarian and Wrobleski v. de Lara, affect doctors who testify in medical malpractice and personal injury cases.
Corporate responsibilities have increased dramatically since the recent passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the modifications to the corporate governance standards adopted by the New York Stock Exch
It is okay to file now and swear later. The Supreme Court said as much recently in the decision Edelman v. Lynchburg College, 2002 U.S. LEXIS 1935, 122 S.Ct. 1145 (2002).