Inspector General Reports to Congress on Medicare Fraud

June Gibbs Brown, the Inspector General of the U.S.

Did You Know? - Summer 1999

Health Lawyers Acquitted: Did you know that two health care attorneys were acquitted of criminal charges that they allegedly participated in an anti-kickback violation involving a

Angry Doctors

Gordon Feinblatt's recent physician seminar attracted the press, and the following is a reprint of the resulting article that ran in several local newspapers.

Supreme Court Leaves Hospitals Exposed for Medical Training Costs

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of federal regulators with respect to graduate medical expenses. The Court's 6-3 decision in Regions Hospital v.

Recent Physician Billing Developments

Recent Medicare developments in the area of physician billing include:

Maryland Regulatory News - Spring 1999

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Heads, the Hospital Wins...Tails, the Physician Loses

A recent decision by Maryland's intermediate appellate court sheds some light on a physician's hearing rights when a hospital terminates the doctor's medical staff privileges as the result of a "bu

Did You Know? - Spring 1999

Third-Party Payments: Did you know that the Department of Justice has settled charges brought against an Ohio health care insurer's practice of requiring hospitals not to charge lo

Dentist Who Refused to Treat AIDS Patient Loses Again

Earlier in 1998, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in a case involving dental services, that an individual who is HIV positive, but who has no symptoms of AIDS, is disabled and protected again

The Duties of Corporate Directors

Everyday, another hospital merger is announced, but what are the duties of hospital directors in approving such a merger?