Legislative Stream

Senate Bill 798 and House Bill 1042

Authorizing a hospital, in its credentialing and privileging process for a physician who provides medical services to patients at the hospital only through telemedicine from a distant-site hospital or distant-site telemedicine entity, to rely on credentialing and...

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House Bill 399

An act concerning Public Health - Medical Records Charges - Medicaid Enrollees for the purpose of prohibiting a health care provider from charging a certain person who requests a copy of a medical record of an individual enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance...

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MD HB 510

Number: MD HB 510 Title: Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures Status: Approved by Governor - Chapter 79 - 04/08/2008 Abstract: Establishing, for purposes of the Health Care Decisions Act, that an electronic...

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NPI – National Provider Identifier

May 23, 2007 is the day the National Provider Law goes into effect. Once a provider has received their NPI, they should share their NPIs with other providers with whom they do business, and with health plans that request their NPIs.  In fact, as outlined in current...

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New Section to the Deficit Reduction Act (Jan 1 2007)

As of Jan. 1 2007 a new provision of the Deficit Reduction Act (originally signed into law Feb 8, 2006) becomes effective.  This is Section 6032, titled “Employee Education About False Claims Recovery.”  It mandates that health care or any company receiving federal...

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

As a result of changing practices, the Supreme Court approved amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on April 13, 2006, to address the unique aspects of electronic discovery. The amendments will take effect December 1, 2006, and begin to change HIM...

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Maryland’s New Social Security Number Privacy Act

Maryland's New Social Security Number Privacy Act may affect your facility! Click here to read the new law that became effective January 1, 2006. Contact legal counsel for your facility to discuss the impact of this new law on the operations of your facility.

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Universal Emergency Codes

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene supported a bill passed in 2001 requiring all healthcare facilities to adopt a universal emergency code language. The Universal Code is effective September 1, 2002. New universal emergency codes effective September...

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