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Maryland Legal Alert - April 2007

MARYLAND COURTS QUESTION ARBITRATION OF CONSUMER CREDIT DISPUTES

Hospital Peer Review: Do It Right

In Poliner v. Texas Health Systems, a Texas cardiologist received a $22.5 million judgment after a Texas hospital convinced the cardiologist to stop performing catheterizations.

Defined Benefit Plans May Be Worth a Look

If you're an owner of a profitable physician group, have 15 or fewer years until retirement, and are looking to boost your retirement nest egg while saving on taxes, you may want to take a closer l

Did You Know? Spring 2007

Union Forced Nurse Firings: Did you know that a union enforced the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that required a hospital to discharge nurses who do not pay union dues?

What Are Those Pilgrims Up To Now?

Massachusetts' goal is to cover between 90% and 95% of the State's medically uninsured over

Where Is Your ePHI?

Instinctively, you may think that ePHI, or electronic protected health information, is where it always is, in a computer server somewhere within your office, with sufficient electronic and physical

Q & A - About the Board of Physicians' MRI Declaratory Ruling

The Maryland Patient Referral Law (the MPRL) prohibits health care practitioners from referring patients to health care entities with which the referrer has a financial interest, unless the arrange

Maryland Regulatory News Spring 2007

1. In December, the Maryland Health Care Commission (HCC) released its "2005 Prescription Drug Use and Expenditures" report.

Trigger Rates for March 2007

A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o

Maryland Legal Alert - March 2007

MARYLAND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS TO BE AVAILABLE ON STATE WEBSITE

IRS Issues Guidance On New Retirement Plan Rules

In Notice 2007-7, the IRS issued guidance on several retirement plan provisions under the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Gordon Feinblatt Welcomes Susan B. Dubin, Esq., Former Assistant Baltimore County Attorney

Baltimore, Maryland – The law firm of Gordon Feinblatt, LLC is pleased to announce that Susan B. Dubin, Esq.

Trigger Rates for February 2007

A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o

Maryland Legal Alert - February 2007

TOM PEREZ IS MARYLAND'S NEW SECRETARY OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION

Trigger Rates for January 2007

A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o

GFR Lawyers Chosen for Super Lawyers 2007

Gordon Feinblatt, LLC is pleased to announce that 14 of its lawyers have been selected for the 2007 edition of Super Lawyers, published in the January Issue of Baltimore Magazine.

Maryland Legal Alert - January 2007

MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS WORK ON JANUARY 10

New and Improved Electronic Health Records Safe Harbor

On October 10, 2006, two new Stark law exceptions and two new Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe harbors went into effect.

Maryland Regulatory News Winter 2006

1. In September, the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) released the Maryland Hospital Community Benefit Report for FY 2005.

Directors of Non-Profits Must Police Their Own

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on July 23, 2007.

Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses?

Arbitration provides an alternative to the court system for the resolution of disputes.

Mandatory Fraud Education

Did you know that by January 1, 2007, hospitals and other entities that receive at least $5 million in Medicaid payments, called Medical Assistance payments in Maryland, must educate their employee

HIPAA Trumps Medical Malpractice Reforms

The Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) has recently been used twice to stop the disclosure of medical records which would otherwise be required under a new Georgia medical m