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Did You Know? - Spring 2015

Peer Review: Did you know that a federal court in Oregon ordered a hospital to disclose ten years of peer review records in a lawsuit brought by a disgruntled physician?

Hospital CEO Blows Whistle

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on November 10, 2015.

Large Health Systems - 0 Courts - 2

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on July 15, 2015.

Mandatory Parental Leave for Small Employers

Small Maryland employers, including health care employers, need to know that, pursuant to the new Maryland Parental Leave Act (MPLA), employers with between 15 and 49 employees must now provide 6 w

Maryland Regulatory News - Spring 2015

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Time to Reform the Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine?

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on September 8, 2015.

FDCPA Concerns for Debt Buyers and Related Impact on Debt Settlement Firms

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), among other things, bans all false, deceptive, misleading, and unconscionable debt collection practices, including any false representations concer

Maryland Legal Alert March 2015

In this issue:

Remedies Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in Commercial Transactions

Susan Klein presented at IWIRC at the Shore on Alteratives to Bankruptcy.

Site Contamination Law, Halfmoon Education, Inc./Foxmoor Continuing Education Seminar for Maryland Engineers & Land Surveyors

Maggie Witherup presentated at the Halfmoon Education, Inc./Foxmoor Continuing Education Seminar for Maryland Engineers & Land Surveyors.

Maryland Legal Alert February 2015

In this issue:

Lynn B. Sassin Joins Gordon Feinblatt as Chair of Trusts & Estates Practice Group

The law firm of Gordon Feinblatt LLC is pleased to announce that Lynn B.

Relating to Real Estate January 2015

In this issue:

Protection of IRA & Qualified Plan Assets After Clark v. Rameker

John Paliga moderated an ABA Joint Committee of Employee Benefits Webinar.

Arrangements with Diagnostic Service Providers

In June 2014, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a special fraud alert (Alert) addressing two trends related to payment arrangements between

Maryland Regulatory News - Winter 2014

1.This Fall, the Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) revamped its consumer guide to Maryland hospitals and other select health care facilities.

Negative Patient Reviews

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on May 14, 2015.

Population Health and the Re-emergence of IPAs

Population Health is sweeping the country, meaning people are trying to keep people healthier to lower health care costs.

The How, Who and When of Exclusion Screening

Federal law makes it illegal for health care providers who participate in federal health care programs, such as Medicare, to employ or contract with individuals they know or should know are exclude

Top Ten Current Employer Obamacare Questions

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on March 31, 2015.

Maryland Legal Alert January 2015

In this issue:

A Survey of Activities Identified as Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Under the Dodd-Frank Act

To view the survey, click here.

New Lead Paint Requirements Effective January 1, 2015

Starting January 1, 2015, owners of residential rental properties built before 1978 will be required to comply with Maryland's Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing Act (the "Act").

Special Alert: New February 1, 2015 Effective Date For Maryland Foreclosure Forms

As discussed in our December 2014 Maryland Legal Alert, the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation published

Agricultural Law Forum December 2014

In this Issue: Outgoing Administration Backs New Phosphorous Management Tool