Maryland Medical Law Report Legal news for the medical community

Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen sign a new standing order June 1 making an antidote that reverses the effects of opioids available over the counter. The order makes the medication, called naloxone, readily available to residents. Previously, a training ...

Gov. Larry Hogan has allowed to become law a measure that gives the state attorney general the power to sue generic drug manufacturers over price gouging. Hogan, in a letter released in late May, said the prescription drug bill raised ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lawmakers in Texas largely failed to take any significant action to address the state’s skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the U.S., but the developed ...

A Hagerstown-based drug and alcohol treatment provider will pay $375,000 to the state to settle allegations it committed Medicaid fraud by employing a prohibited person and deceiving state regulators. Wells House Inc. employed a person on the federal List of Excluded ...

The Peninsula Regional Health System and the Peninsula Regional Medical Center announced that Steven E. Leonard has accepted the position of president/CEO designate. He will succeed Dr. Peggy Naleppa, who is retiring after a 15-year career with PRHS and PRMC, ...