November 2019 update: A status hearing was held on November 4, 2019. The judge indicated the potential for a decision to be issued in January 2020. ——————————————– August 2019 update: AAPS vs. ABMS has been reassigned to the Honorable Martha M. Pacold. ——————————————– April 2018 update: On April 5, 2018, AAPS filed a Brief in […]
After Blue Cross of California indicated that it would cover needed care for a patient enrolled in a plan it administered, the insurer refused to pay the patient’s neurosurgeon. This case is now on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and on August 18, 2019, AAPS submitted an amicus brief […]
On June 9, 2019 AAPS filed an Amicus Letter with the Texas Court of Appeals in support of Dr. Robert Van Boven’s lawsuit seeking to compel the Texas Medical Board to remove false and misleading reports it made to the National Practitioner Data Bank. The letter reads in part: The Texas Medical Board (TMB) refuses […]
“It is time to mercifully disconnect the legal life support for ACA. Its contrived justification – the taxation power of the United States – can no longer sustain it,” AAPS and CCHF state in their Amicus Brief filed today with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of an affirmation […]
Pennsylvania physician Terrence Babb, MD has been in a longstanding battle against the powerful Geisinger Health System. Wrongly terminated after raising concerns about patient safety in the hospital, Dr. Babb has won several victories in the courts, including a jury verdict in his favor. But the health system is pulling out all the legal stops in an attempt to avoid an embarrassing loss. […]
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018, AAPS became the first group to file with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the State of Indiana’s efforts to reinstate legislation signed in 2016 by then-Governor Mike Pence. Following our filing, 11 other organizations and 18 States, have also filed in support of Indiana’s petition. The U.S. Court of Appeals […]
On September 6, 2018 AAPS filed an amicus brief in support of Dr. Courtney Morgan’s legal challenge against of improper seizure of patient records by the Texas Medical Board. Earlier this year, Dr. Morgan won a victory when a U.S. District Court denied the board’s motion to dismiss the challenge and ruled that the board […]
On July 25, 2018 AAPS filed a brief in support of Dr. Robert Van Boven’s pursuit of justice against hospital administrators who retaliated after he spoke out to protect patient safety. The AAPS motion to file reads in part: AAPS has a strong interest in this case because the central issues concern the ability of physicians […]
Physicians just out of residency, experiencing their first taste of independence, need to beware of traps in employment contracts, writes Philip Eskew, D.O., J.D., M.B.A., in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons: http://www.jpands.org/vol23no1/eskew.pdf Outside recruiters, he writes, are paid on the basis of whether a doctor signs a contract, not on […]
Update 3/5/2019 A hearing at the U.S. District Court in Sacramento was scheduled for March 7, but please note that it has been postponed and will now be held at 11am on March 21. The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr. will preside. Date/Time & Location: 11am, Thursday, March 21, 2019 Robert T. Matsui United States […]