It
is because of our diverse
clientele and depth of
experience in navigating the
legislative, administrative, and
regulatory arenas that our firm
has accomplished what it has.Listed below is a
sampling of those
accomplishments.
…Worked
to make
Maryland
the first state in the nation to
establish a uniform
symptom-based definition of an
emergency condition.
[Maryland’s law became the model
for legislation placed before
Congress. Thirty-two states have
since enacted the law and
several others have considered
it.] …Successfully
pushed for protection of the
rights of HMO subscribers by
guaranteeing that their HMOs
will cover medical screening
services in emergency rooms.
[The law also strengthens
Maryland’s first-in-the-nation definition of
an emergency condition.] …Successfully
secured $42 million in State
funding for construction of a
new bioscience research center;
successfully secured $16 million
in State funding for a major
science education center
expansion project
… Secured ongoing operating
funding for:
a program that provides relief
to families caring for
individuals with Alzheimer’s
disease,
a major science education center,
and
an African American AIDS
prevention and treatment
initiative
…Secured ongoing Federal funding
for a program that is conducting
ground breaking research with
the blue crab, a vital resource
to the Chesapeake Bay and
Maryland’s economy.
…Gained rights and financial
security enhancements for
residents of continuing care
retirement communities in
Maryland
that provide for comprehensive
lifetime care for their
residents.
…Successfully spearheaded
efforts to ensure insurance
reimbursement to patients
determined to be of danger to
themselves or others for the
first 24 hours of in-patient
psychiatric care.
…Successfully advocated for
additional funding for the
public mental health system. …
Secured funding for the
developmentally disabled
population.
It
is because of our diverse
clientele and depth of
experience in navigating the
legislative, administrative, and
regulatory arenas that our firm
has accomplished what it has.
Listed below is a
sampling of those
accomplishments.
…Worked
to make
