The Maryland Primary Care Program is part of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model that has been agreed to by the state of Maryland and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The MDPCP is aimed at reducing overall ...

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Contractual agreements, including physician employment agreements, often require the parties to arbitrate issues that arise under a contract. These arbitration provisions can be written in countless ways and may apply broadly or narrowly to disputes that arise from the contract. ...

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The following are some pearls of wisdom pertaining to physician employment agreements. If an employment agreement requires that financial calculations are to be done according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), that means that the accrual, versus cash, method of ...

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The Maryland General Assembly recently punted the question of whether to legalize recreational cannabis to the public to be decided in November by a referendum. However, that vote will occur at a time when many medical cannabis businesses already exist ...

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No-poach provisions are agreements that prohibit one company from hiring another company’s employees. This article addresses whether no-poach provisions violate applicable antitrust laws, and more specifically, the conditions under which no-poach provisions are legal. No-poach provisions are often horizontal restraints; ...

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The federal No Surprises Act (NSA) generally protects patients from receiving large unanticipated bills for out-of-network care.  To implement the NSA, transparency rules have been issued that require self-insured and insured health plans to include deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums on ...

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The Department of Justice recently invoked the federal Travel Act to bring bribery charges against owners and managers of the now-defunct, physician-owned Texas Forest Park Medical Center (FPMC). Almost all federal health care fraud prosecutions involve Medicare, Medicaid or other ...

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While not required to practice medicine, voluntary board certification in a specialty has progressively become expected, with patients, employers, hospitals and insurers looking to the board certification to determine the perceived competency of the doctor. Doctors that do not obtain, ...

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Tasting events for local craft beers and free test rides in a Tesla car probably aren’t the first thing most people associate with law firms and their marketing strategies.

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A federal appellate court will soon decide whether UnitedHealth’s method of reimbursing medical providers violates ERISA, which is the federal law that, among other things, governs employer-sponsored health plans.

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