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Court rules patient-safety info subject to litigation discovery

Court decides that medical incident reports used for patient-safety improvements are not protected from disclosure in medical liability cases.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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Fighting together, physicians foil insurance Goliaths

Federal judges block both insurer megamergers capping 18 months of physician efforts that paid off.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Jan. 26, 2017: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about the scope of practice case which medical professionals are qualified to testify, setting limits on medical liability testimony.

Advocacy Update
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Physician work helps halt insurance merger, preserve competition

Federal judge rules Aetna-Humana merger anticompetitive. Eighteen months of physician efforts provide compelling evidence for blocking the deal.

Access to Care
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Scope of practice should set limits on medical liability testimony

Can an advanced registered nurse practitioner provide medical causation testimony? The Supreme Court of Washington will decide.

Sustainability
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Jan. 12, 2017: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about the AMA's role in cases about patient-psychiatrist confidentiality, interstate medical liability and more.

Advocacy Update
Patient has private conversation with psychiatrist.
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Patient-psychiatrist confidentiality hampered in liability ruling

Washington court rules psychiatrists responsible for alerting targets of patient violence, even without a clear indication that foul play will occur.

Sustainability
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Case threatens limit on interstate medical liability exposure

When a patient crosses state lines seeking treatment and then suffers complications or death, which state holds jurisdiction over the physician involved?

Sustainability
Best of 2016: How physician advocacy shaped health care in 2016
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How physician advocacy shaped health care in 2016

The physician voice was heard, leaving its mark on changes to the health care system and protecting patients this year.

Judicial Advocacy