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Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2002

Pennsylvania Limits Joint and Several Liability

Pennsylvania enacted legislation in 2002 that abolishes joint and several liabil...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2002

Did You Know? Winter 2002

Bystander Emotional Distress: Did you know that the California Supreme Court has...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2002

Good Samaritan Laws Within Hospitals Walls

Good Samaritan laws nationwide provide civil immunity for an individual who rend...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2002

HIPAA Highlights Winter 2002

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) contains adminis...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2002

Supreme Court OKs State Independent Review Law

There has been much confusion surrounding the ability of the fifty states to reg...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2002

Maryland Regulatory News Winter 2002

1. In October, both the Maryland Health Care Commission (HCC) and the Health Ser...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2002

"Professional" Medical Witnesses

Two recent Maryland appellate decisions, Witte v. Azarian and Wrobleski v. de La...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2002

Hidden "Fair Market" Gem in Stark II Regulations

The federal law generally known as "Stark" prohibits physicians from referring M...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2002

Nursing Shortage Hindered By Immigration Snafus

Tired of paying exorbitant fees to temporary nursing agencies to fill the nursin...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2002

Clinically Integrated Physicians May Jointly Negotiate Payor Contracts

In February of 2002, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided not to challenge...