Experts ensure sound science in the courtroom. Without them, false compensation and patient care is at stake, an AMA Litigation Center amicus brief says.
A pair of health care economists conclude that the AMA-RUC is not overly biased against primary care specialties in its Medicare payment recommendations.
If juries can’t hear testimony about known complications, physicians could be liable for injuries even if they did everything right, physicians tell court.
This Viewpoint encourages the development of approaches to share the results of research with study participants to reinforce the value of patient participation, to incentivize engagement in research, and to honor the belief that individuals have a right to their own data.
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