HIPAA and Advanced Directives: Did you know that HIPAA may make it more difficult for the Agent that you have appointed under a Durable General Power of Attorney or an Advance Dire
After poor care and fraud, the worst sin of hospital governance is for a hospital board to go to war with its medical staff. It is, therefore, surprising how relatively often such battles arise.
In Maryland, people injured by a negligent driver or by another negligent party are entitled to recover the cost of their medical treatment from the negligent party.
Medicaid Mental Health Services. Did you know that the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation in 2004 that prohibits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygi
While there is no mandate that all organizations have a board of directors, boards are, nevertheless, ubiquitous in the United States for both for-profit and not-for-profit companies.
On November 17, 2004, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") provided guidance on the internal control attestation standards that auditors of insured institutions with $500 million or m
National banks beware! A recent court opinion substantially limits a national bank's access to federal courts in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The federal government continues to enact new rules affecting employee benefits. The following new laws and regulations require changes to most employers’ plans:
Doctors often need to refer their patients for diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging, known as MRIs or magnets, or computed tomography, know as CTs, before the doctor recomme
One of the most important functions computers perform for modern day business is the storage of information, and virtually every organization or company regardless of its size uses computers to con
It is now clear that, under Maryland law, checks drawn to more than one payee, listed in stacked format, with no grammatical connector, punctuation, or symbol indicating their relationship, are pro
