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
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
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), of the Department of Health and Human Services, has recently published its long-awaited proposed Stark II regulations.
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 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
Assignment of Medicare Payments. Did you know that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has announced that Medicare payments will no longer be made payable to emergency room sta
After a nurse was confronted by her hospital employer about the theft of narcotics, she admitted ordering excess medicine and diverting it for her own use.
Implementing changes to the Social Security Act, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (OIG) has issued regulations concerning the provision of adviso
Recently, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that health care providers are not required to notify family members of a patient's HIV status. In Lemon V.
