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Voter-backed Nevada tort reform faces court challenge

Should juries know whether insurer paid a plaintiff’s medical bills? Physicians say it’s fair law that helps keep liability insurance rates low.

Sustainability
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If physicians face legal threat, AMA Litigation Center has their backs

The Litigation Center of the American Medical Association and State Medical Societies steps in when physicians face powerful adversaries, if legal precedents may be set, and when it is simply the right thing to do.

Judicial Advocacy
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June 28, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn about how the AMA supports a hospital's position on incident reports used during discovery, immigration detainees' right to discharge plans and more.

Advocacy Update
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Do students have right to use bathroom matching gender ID?

The medical community tells a federal court that when transgender students use a single-sex bathroom matching their gender identity, the students’ health and well-being is improved.

Population Health
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Hospital incident reports at risk of discovery in Illinois

Continued quality of care improvements in jeopardy if voluntarily safety reports must be turned over to plaintiffs, physician and hospital groups tell court.

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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 Health
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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.

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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.

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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