Effective December 17, 2005, the federal bank regulatory agencies finalized rules prohibiting their officers and employees from accepting compensation as an officer, an employee, a director or a co
Effective December 1, 2005, the SEC now requires that public companies filing Annual Reports on Form 10-K discuss their most significant risk factors in a new item of the Form 10-K and that these r
It is undeniable that email has revolutionized modern business. Organizations have ceased filling their files with paper correspondence, and now conduct most of their business via email.
Health care providers that transmit health information in electronic form, large health plans (those with over $5,000,000 in premiums or claims) and billing clearinghouses were required to comply w
Emergency Room Time and Triage Data Discovery: Did you know that an Illinois appellate court recently decided that triage acuity designations and time data related to patient treat
On April 18, 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued proposed regulations that clarify the liability of a covered entity (health care providers that transmit health informati
Health care providers may now apply for a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number, the new identifier to be used in standard electronic health care transactions.
Two recent cases demonstrate that the maintenance or attempted acquisition by health care providers of too large a market share may lead to antitrust challenges.
Opponents of medical malpractice tort reform won a victory earlier this year when Wisconsin's highest court struck down that state's statutory cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cas
Michael Powell and David Fishman spoke at the Baltimore Waterfront and Transporation Hub Development Conference, which was held at Pier 5 Hotel.
Other speakers included:
Eighteen states have opted for electric utility deregulation, induding most of the states in the northeast from Virginia to Maine, and all of the mid-Atlantic.
Hospital's Failure to Inform Patients of Doctor's Prior Lawsuits: Did you know that a Michigan court recently ruled that the failure of a hospital to inform a patient of the patien
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.
