Federal health insurance reform brings myriad changes
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as federal health care reform, contains a myriad of new programs and rules that affect employers, employees, health insurance plans […]
Battle begins over health care insurance exchange
ANNAPOLIS – Business interests argued Tuesday for a slimmed-down version of a public health care insurance exchange proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to bring the state in line with the […]
Md. insurance brokers worried about proposed health benefit exchange program
ANNAPOLIS — Independent health insurance brokers and their clients lobbied legislators in Annapolis on Tuesday to try to prevent being put out of a business by a new health benefit […]
Surcharges could jeopardize Medicaid funds
About $1 billion in federal Medicaid assistance could be jeopardized as the Health Services Cost Review Commission implements the statewide medical cost increase included in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s fiscal 2012 […]
Barry F. Rosen: Occurrence coverage must be provided, Michigan court holds
An employer‘s agreement to provide malpractice insurance to a physician requires the employer to provide coverage for any incident that occurred during the term of employment, even if the claim […]
Health council recommends independence for Md. Insurance Exchange
Health council staff recommended that the Health Care Reform Coordinating Council make the Maryland Insurance Exchange — the new entity for people without insurance and others to purchase coverage — […]





