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Court rules physicians can stand up for their patients

A U.S. appeals court ruling gave legal power to patients who face unfair scrutiny or rejection of their mental health claims and enabled their physicians to stand up for this vulnerable population in court.

Access to Care
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Ruling could give insurers more leeway to terminate physicians

The outcome of a recent case could have implications for other physicians and their patients as a federal court decided it was permissible for a large health insurer to terminate two physicians from its network following a dispute over the necessity of medical services they provided.

Claims Processing
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Medical liability damages cap upheld

The nation’s leading medical liability reform law has been upheld yet again in a California court of appeal. The court found the state’s cap on noneconomic damages is constitutional. The cap is set at $250,000.

Sustainability
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Court to weigh physicians' right to payments, recourse

Should physicians be left holding the bag when a private insurer retroactively denies a medical claim or recoups a payment? A federal appeals court is considering a case that could determine whether physicians have recourse to ensure that their practices remain financially stable so they can continue caring for their patients.

Claims Processing
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Supreme Court rules against delayed lawsuits, damages

Physicians who provide services under Medicare and other federal health care programs won’t face the possibility of civil lawsuits being brought against them for an unlimited period, thanks to a recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Health data vital to patient safety under Supreme Court review

Patient care information shared by physicians for the purpose of improving health care quality and safety could lose its protected status in a case that could be heard before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Judicial Advocacy
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California damages cap under the MICRAscope

Physicians in California could lose the valuable protections of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) if a case before a state court of appeal is reversed. The case examines whether the state’s cap on non-economic damages violates the right of trial by jury and equal protection.

Sustainability
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Case tackles qualifications for expert witness testimony

The subject of expert witness testimony is up for debate in a case before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. In Motorola v. Murray, the issue now before the court is the standards for qualifications of expert witnesses who testify on scientific issues.

Sustainability
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State high court to rule on physicians' duty of care

Do physicians owe a duty of care to someone other than their patients? This question is at the center of a case before the New York Court of Appeals after a bus driver was injured in a head-on collision with a car driven by a recently discharged patient.

Sustainability