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Growing up, I remember sitting around with my family on Saturday night to watch “Sabado Gigante,” a three-hour variety show on Univision similar to “The Price is Right.” Only difference was there were no commercials. The host, Don Francisco, born ...

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Second of two parts There has been a rise in audit activity aimed at health care providers, due in no small part to auditors’ access to big data, which allows auditors to analyze more data in less time.  It is ...

The Daily Record recently published a Feb. 23 op-ed (Sharon D. Allison-Ottey: “A well-intended bill but a bad one”) about proposed legislation (HB 1194/SB1023) to create a drug cost commission. We at the Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition champion ...

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First of two parts There has been a rise in audit activity aimed at health care providers, due in no small part to auditors’ access to big data, which allows auditors to analyze more data in less time.  It is ...

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(Click here for Jeff Trueman’s previous column on finding the right mediator.) In most compromise mediations, the main tactic employed by many retired judge and senior lawyer mediators is case evaluation: a forecast, or an educated guess, of the litigated ...

The year 2018 has started out with as fast a pace as I ever remember. My travel schedule to see clients has kicked off as we begin our planning, and people are focused on what lies ahead for the coming ...

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Last month, the Maryland Citizens Health Initiative Coalition held a press conference in Annapolis calling on the General Assembly to pass so-called “transparency” legislation, HB 1194/SB 1023, to address the cost of prescription medicine Maryland’s citizens pay at the pharmacy ...

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A fair share of the blame for the corruption that has enveloped the Baltimore Police Department lies with the Maryland General Assembly. It was the General Assembly, after all, that enacted an anemic disciplinary system for law enforcement officers and ...

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Baltimore has experienced some good news of late in the fight against violent crime. No homicides were reported for 12 days, the longest streak since 2015, according to news reports. Mayor Catherine Pugh attributes the public safety initiatives that she ...

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Just north of Penn Station and the Amtrak parking lot on Lanvale Street is the soon-to-be-opened Nelson-Kohl building. This eight-story structure will contain 103 market-rate apartment units and space for two ground-floor retail outlets. Other amenities at the Nelson-Kohl, the ...

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