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Insurer price-fixing is real and physicians deserve day in court

AMA, Illinois State Medical Society urge federal court not to dismiss lawsuit against “unlawful cartel” that has led some physicians to “the brink of insolvency.”

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Your powerful ally

The AMA helps physicians build a better future for medicine, advocating in the courts and on the Hill to remove obstacles to patient care and confront today’s greatest health crises.

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April 4, 2025: Judicial Advocacy Update

Court vacates FDA’s laboratory developed test final rule and more in the latest Judicial Advocacy Update.

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U.S. Supreme Court must keep preventive screening, services free

The high court will decide the fate of ACA provision that is estimated to save more than 100,000 lives annually.

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Health insurance price fixing is real, and the AMA is fighting it

The AMA has filed a lawsuit challenging what insurers pay for out-of-network care. Here’s what will happen next.

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“Unlawful cartel” is price-fixing the rates insurers pay physicians

The AMA and Illinois State Medical Society file federal lawsuit to stop MultiPlan from orchestrating unfair payment rates that impede access to care.

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Don’t muddy waters for patients with “nurse anesthesiologist” term

A proposed District of Columbia regulation would let nurse anesthetists use the moniker to describe themselves. That will confuse and mislead patients.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
 Two businessmen pushing away an average sized pie chart
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AMA lawsuit targets collusion in health care pricing

To protect patients and physicians, the AMA seeks injunctive relief against a multilateral price-fixing conspiracy led by MultiPlan Inc. 

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Leadership Viewpoints
Patients, doctors, and health care professionals exercise and office visits with an emphasis on preventive medicine
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Supreme Court must act to keep preventive services cost-free

The AMA joins dozens of groups urging high court to hear a case that threatens to undo a part of the ACA that has saved lives and cut costs.

Access to Care
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AMA, ISMS antitrust lawsuit seeks to break MultiPlan price fixing cartel

Lawsuit claims MultiPlan and health insurers operate a horizontal price-fixing conspiracy in violation of federal antitrust laws

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