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2016 Virtual Credit Card Legislation
After two years, the Medical Association successfully saw passage in 2016 of its legislation to prevent physicians from unknowingly accepting virtual credit cards (VCC) and their hidden fees as a form of payment from health insurance companies and RCOs, even though the Medicaid RCO system has yet to officially launch. Having heard from its members…
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Legislation Prevents Prosecution for Following a Physician’s Orders
Background When the Alabama Supreme Court in 2013 interpreted a law intended to criminalize exposing children outside the womb to chemical substances to also include children in utero, it created significant new liability problems for pregnant women and their doctors. The chemical endangerment statute as passed by the Alabama Legislature was intended to criminalize the…