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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

Press Releases
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Keep flavored e-cigarettes off shelves to protect kids’ health

The AMA and other health care organizations urge the Supreme Court to reverse lower-court ruling curbing FDA authority over flavored e-cig marketing.

Judicial Advocacy
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Appellate court vacates No Surprises Act rule that favors insurers

In a win for physicians, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that an independent-dispute resolution process needs to go back to the drawing board.

Judicial Advocacy
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For a physician to be liable, jury must always find factual cause

A Pennsylvania case is threatening the well-established norm that factual cause is never optional. Discover how the AMA Litigation Center responded.

Judicial Advocacy
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Indiana’s COVID-19 liability immunity statute survives court test

Physicians detailed for state appeals court the kind of limitations care teams faced during the COVID-19 pandemic’s early days.

Judicial Advocacy
AMA in Action: Protecting reproductive health
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Advocacy in action: Protecting reproductive health

Ending Roe v. Wade puts government in the exam room, endangers lives and criminalizes care. The AMA stands for comprehensive reproductive health care.

Federal Advocacy
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Proper mental health care requires qualified immunity protections

Learn how the AMA is fighting to protect a Pennsylvania law that balances patient safety and mental health treatment availability.

Judicial Advocacy
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Physicians can’t proceed with Cigna class action, but patients can

The AMA fought for physicians in court, challenging Cigna’s underpayment scheme, but a federal judge rules only patients’ legal action can move ahead.

Judicial Advocacy
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Don’t turn back clock on peer-review confidentiality

 In New Jersey cases, appellate court should move to protect process that is essential to improving patient safety and health care quality. Learn more.

Judicial Advocacy