Presentation: Board Governance, BayWoods Cooperative Housing Corporation (BCHC) Board Retreat, July 2022
Overview of Legal Issues of Importance to Nonprofit Communities, LeadingAge Maryland & DC Conference and Expo, May 2022
Overview of Legal Issues of Importance to Nonprofit Communities, LeadingAge Maryland & DC Conference and Expo, June 2021
COVID-19 and Related Issues, Webinar, Guest Speaker, LeadingAge Maryland, April 2020
Don’t Get Caught with Your Compliance Pants Down: Compliance Effectiveness and Role of Counsel, co-presenter, 35th Annual Meeting & Educational Conference for The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, August 2017
Legal Issues Update, co-presenter, Boards Shaping the Future LeadingAge Maryland Governance Symposium, February 2015
Presentation: Medical Record Law in Maryland, August 2014. Materials available here.
Contributing Editor, Module One: Domestic Violence; Module Two: Child Maltreatment; Module Three: Elder/Vulnerable Adult Abuse and Neglect, MedChi, January 1997;
Contributing Editor, Domestic Violence Resource Directory, Baltimore City and Baltimore County Bar Associations' Special Committee on Domestic Violence and its Impact on Children, July 1996;
Co-Editor, A Guide for Nurses Responding to Domestic Violence; Author, OSHA Regulations and Bloodborne Pathogens: Model Exposure Control Plan (MedChi);
Co-Author, Intravenous Drug Abuse and One Academic Health Center (JAMA).
ARTICLES
October 19, 2006
It's a little known fact that can be costly for medical facilities, including Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) - if you accept payment through a Federal health care program, you could be penalized for employing or contracting with excluded individuals or entities.
October 11, 2005
Presentation to the Central Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
October 11, 2005
Presentation to the Central Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
September 20, 2005
In September 1993, MedChi and the Maryland Alliance Against Family Violence (the “Alliance”) embarked upon a major family-violence prevention initiative that focused on education and training of health care professionals. Seed money for this initiative was donated by MedChi, and a Family Violence Task Force (the “Task Force”) was formed under the auspices of MedChi’s Public Health and Public Relations Committees co-chaired by Martin P. Wasserman, M.D. and Hiroshi Nakazawa, M.D.
July 2, 2003
The General Assembly adjourned on April 7, 2003 and the Session actively concluded when the Governor enacted legislation into State law during four separate signing ceremonies on April 8, April 22, May 13 and May 22. This year, as has been the case for the past several years, the Maryland Legislature was particularly active in the health care arena. The Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, a substantial number of important health care laws.
July 2, 2003
Health Occupations – Maryland Optometry Act – Replacement Contact Lenses – Clarifications and Modifications (SB 387) (10/01/03) - Prohibits a person from knowingly selling or dispensing contact lenses or replacement contact lenses without a valid and unexpired prescription or replacement contact lens prescription. A person who violates any provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
June 30, 2003
Each year the Maryland Legislature enacts a number of laws which impact in various degrees on the personal and business lives of people living in or doing business in the State of Maryland. The General Assembly adjourned on April 8, 2002, and the Session actively concluded when the Governor enacted legislation into State law during four separate signing ceremonies on April 9, April 25, May 6 and May 16.
November 12, 2002
When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) became law in 1996, one of its requirements was to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets. The original deadline for compliance with the national standards was October 16, 2002. That deadline, however, was extended one year to October 16, 2003 for all covered entities except for small health plans whose compliance deadline is already October 16, 2003.
November 12, 2002
When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) became law in 1996, one of its requirements was to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets.