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NIH to cut research grants, services due to sequestration (access required)

BY: Alissa Gulin
POSTED: June 4, 2013
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The National Institutes of Health will award about 700 fewer competitive research grants this year than last year and slash other services to deal with budget cuts mandated by sequestration, according to a report released Monday night by the federal medical research agency.


Barry Rosen: Physicians win one, lose one in anti-kickback opinions (access required)

BY: Barry Rosen
POSTED: February 28, 2013
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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the federal Department of Health and Human Services recently released two advisory opinions clarifying the reach of the federal anti-kickback statute. That law makes it illegal for anyone to pay or receive money or other benefits designed to induce the referral of a patient for items or services payable by a federal health care program, such as Medicare.


Feds want Maryland to go beyond health act

BY: Kaiser Health News
POSTED: August 29, 2012
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If quiet negotiations between policymakers and industry bear fruit, Maryland could join the short list of states attempting to go far beyond the Affordable Care Act in improving health and limiting spending. Federal officials are urging Maryland and its powerful health industry to build on the state’s unique hospital rate-setting system to develop sweeping cost [...]


Officials: Maryland company distributed tainted starter

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 11, 2012
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Officials say a Maryland company distributed an ingredient that triggered a salmonella outbreak that’s made almost 60 Buncombe County residents sick. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported the state Department of Health and Human Services confirms that a culture starter for tempeh had the type of salmonella that caused the outbreak. Authorities say Tempeh [...]


Tobacco companies file lawsuit over warning labels

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 17, 2011
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and pictures of diseased lungs, saying they unfairly urge adults to shun their legal products and will cost millions to produce. Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued [...]


Interrogatory: Summer Beach Reads (access required)

BY: Erin Drenning
POSTED: July 4, 2011
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Crashing waves, a bustling boardwalk, cruiser bikes and an ice cream shop on every corner: It’s the makeup of a quintessential East Coast summer vacation. And one crucial component of the perfect beach trip is the perfect read. We asked Maryland lawyers, “What books will be in your beach bag this summer?” Here are their [...]


Maryland medical service fined $4.3M on privacy

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 22, 2011
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WASHINGTON — The federal government said Tuesday it has fined Cignet Health of Prince George’s County, Md., $4.3 million for violating 41 patients’ privacy rights by denying them access to their medical records. The Department of Health and Human Services said it was the first time it imposed a fine for violations of the privacy [...]


Barry Rosen: A sampling of new health rules (access required)

BY: Barry Rosen
POSTED: February 14, 2011
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as federal Health Care Reform, contains a myriad of new programs and rules that affect employers, employees, health insurance plans and health care providers. This is the second in a series of columns providing a sampling of those new rules. Early retirees PPACA creates a temporary [...]


Barry F. Rosen: A primer on health care reform (access required)

BY: Barry Rosen
POSTED: January 10, 2011
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as federal health care reform, contains myriad new rules that affect employers, employees, health insurance plans and health care providers. This is the first in a series of columns providing a sampling of those new rules. Accountable care organizations One PPACA initiative is the creation [...]


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