The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) has recently issued an advisory opinion raising serious questions concerning the legality of many agreements
1. In July, the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) denied Union Memorial Hospital's request for a 3.89% rate increase as generated by the HSCRC's Inflation Adjustment System.
Health care providers understand that they should send their bills out within a certain time period from the date services are rendered, but what is that time period?
Doctors are increasingly finding themselves owners of interests in various health care companies. For example, some doctors are trading their practices for stock in practice management companies.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO), a private organization that accredits the nations' health care institutions, has adopted a new policy that encourages all a
The Maryland General Assembly appears to have adopted a "do no harm" strategy in 1998. Although many health care measures were proposed, few were enacted.
Disclosure of Insurance Payments to Providers. Did you know that pursuant to Maryland legislation passed in 1997, the Insurance Commissioner and the Health Care Access and Cost Commission
On February 11, 1998, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), of the Department of Health and Human Services, released the long awaited "Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals" to help hospit
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), of the Department of Health and Human Services, has recently published its long-awaited proposed Stark II regulations.
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (the Act), enacted by Congress last August, contains numerous provocative provisions that significantly affect health care providers, including the following:
Consistent with the Clinton Administration's promise to fight fraud and abuse in the health care industry, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (the Act), which was signed into law on August 5, 1997, in
