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Immigration detainees have right to discharge plan

Without a meaningful care plan in place, those released from detention centers are “at risk of serious harm, including risk of death.”

Population Care
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Is it OK to have 4-to-1 expert ratio in medical liability case?

Experts ensure sound science in the courtroom. Without them, false compensation and patient care is at stake, an AMA Litigation Center amicus brief says.

Sustainability
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Pennsylvania physicians could face more medical negligence cases

If juries can’t hear testimony about known complications, physicians could be liable for injuries even if they did everything right, physicians tell court.

Sustainability
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June 15, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Amicus brief on ACA coverage, opioid abuse legislation and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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June 15, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn how the AMA defends a Florida physician's contractual rights and medical staff self-governance.

Advocacy Update
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Florida case puts medical staff self-governance under fire

Hospital executives violated physician’s contractual rights and state law by refusing to renew his staff privileges without following the peer-review procedures outlined in the medical staff bylaws.

Judicial Advocacy
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About AMA’s amicus brief to defend patients’ ACA coverage

AMA joins other physician organizations to defend vital protections for millions of patients, including those who have pre-existing conditions.

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Leadership
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May 31, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

Read about the AMA's Litigation Center argument against a Supreme Court case that could limit physician referral power through antitrust laws.

Advocacy Update
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U.S. Supreme Court case could limit physician referral power

The case could set precedent for dominant health insurers to prohibit physicians from referring patients out of network for innovative or medically necessary tests.

Judicial Advocacy