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Arizona doctors and hospitals lose immunity from COVID negligence lawsuits, court rules
Key Points: Arizona Supreme Court rules lawmakers acted illegally to immunize doctors and hospitals from COVID claims 2021 statute voided, designed to provide liability protection for medical professionals during pandemic […]
Governor Hobbs: Please don’t stop at the COVID vaccine
We thank Gov. Hobbs for signing an executive order that bypasses Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dangerous restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines, and allows all Arizonans easier […]
Hospitals could be required to record the citizenship status of patients
Key Points: House approved bill would require hospitals to ask about patients’ immigration status The bill’s sponsor says its to collect data on the cost of health care for illegal […]
Allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs would endanger us
This bill is touted as a way to increase mental health access to Arizonans but it will have the opposite effect. We and thirteen other medical organizations thus believe that prescription pads must stay out of the hands of psychologists.
Legislature should evaluate influence of PBMs
As healthcare professionals, our focus should be on dismantling unnecessary barriers between patients and their prescribed treatments. I implore the Arizona Legislature to critically evaluate the influence of PBMs, with the ultimate goal of prioritizing the well-being of patients over the profit-driven motives of intermediaries.
Supreme Court judge switches course, says he won’t take part in hearing on abortion laws after all
Reversing course, Supreme Court Justice William Montgomery said Thursday he won't be participating in the Dec. 12 hearing on abortion laws or deciding the outcome of a legal fight on whether virtually all abortions in Arizona are illegal.
Federal court gives go-ahead for Arizona doctors to challenge law banning abortions due to genetic defects
A federal appeals court gave the go-ahead Monday for Arizona doctors to challenge a state law banning abortions sought because of fetal genetic defects.
ASU’s new medical school will integrate engineering with medicineÂ
Arizona State University’s new medical school will redefine what it means to be a doctor by integrating engineering and medicine into its curriculum. Â
Court strikes down GOP lawmakers’ bid to immunize doctors, hospitals from claims of negligence during pandemic
The state Court of Appeals has struck down a bid by Republican lawmakers to immunize doctors and hospitals from claims they acted negligently in treating patients during the Covid outbreak.
Toma and Petersen claim doctors have no legal right to challenge abortion ban
Arizona's top two Republican lawmakers say doctors have no legal right to challenge a 2021 ban the GOP-controlled Legislature enacted on abortions due to fetal abnormalities because they aren't saying they intend to violate it.
Plan to negotiate drug prices could affect 165,000 Arizonans
The Biden administration targeted 10 prescription drugs Tuesday as part of the first-ever Medicare price negotiation, a move that it said could benefit 9 million beneficiaries – including 165,000 in Arizona.
After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico
As trigger laws banning the procedure began going into effect across the nation — in places including neighboring Texas — abortion providers took up residence in New Mexico, which has some of the most permissive abortion laws in the U.S.
