During the last decade, California and a number of other states, including Maryland, have passed laws legalizing or otherwise protecting the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
The Maryland Self-Referral law prohibits health care providers, including physicians, from referring patients to a health care entity in which the referring provider has a financial interest.
Malpractice Coverage for FSHC Doctors: Did you know that a federal court recently ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must reconsider its denial of malprac
In 2004, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice (the Agencies) issued their joint report titled "Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition." The report is the result of 27 da
In 1999, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced that "gainsharing" arrangements are generally against the law.
The 2005 Maryland General Assembly Session turned out to be a very busy, a very reactive and a very creative Session in regard to health care, with several truly novel laws being enacted.
Health care providers, administrators and insurers often find themselves testifying before regulatory bodies or otherwise being questioned under oath, for example, in a deposition.
The federal Stark law prohibits physicians from referring patients to entities in which they have an ownership interest or with which they have a compensation relationship.
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
Excluded doctors usually fail when they challenge exclusive contractual arrangements between hospitals and other doctors. However, two recent cases are clear exceptions to this rule.
When is an operating room not an operating room? When it is a "procedure room." For the owners of ambulatory surgery centers in Maryland, this distinction can make a world of difference.
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.
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
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.
