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Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2003

Supreme Court Limits Punitive Damage Awards

Doctors are suing health insurers and HMOs in regard to alleged improper payment...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2003

Maryland Regulatory News Winter 2003

1. The new Chairman of the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) is Irv...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2003

Changes to EMTALA On-Call Regulations

New EMTALA rules went into effect on November 10, 2003. Each hospital with aneme...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2003

Health Reimbursement Accounts

Over the last several years, "defined contribution health plans" have surfaced a...

Publications |December 22, 2003

Did You Know? Winter

HIPAA Privacy Withstands Attack: Did you know that, not only has the U.S. Court ...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |December 22, 2003

State Sponsored Stopgap Prescription Drug Programs

Congress has recently expanded the Medicare Program to cover prescription drugs....

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2003

Sex and Medicine Don't Mix

In June of 2003, Maryland's mid-level appellate court, in Finucan v. Maryland St...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2003

Concerted Refusals to 'Take Call'

Two San Diego anesthesiology groups have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commissi...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2003

Any Willing Provider' Laws Survive

Several states require health insurers to contract with any doctor, and certain ...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 22, 2003

Health Care Flexible Spending Account Debit Cards

Under a health care flexible spending account (FSA), an employee elects to have ...