In a colorful and blunt opinion, the California Court of Appeal spared few words in saying what it thought about a hospital’s legal strategy to defeat a suit brought by a physicians group alleging unfair competition. Physician-hospital policy wonks, read on.

The California Court of Appeal has ruled that a psychologist who failed to appear for a licensing board-ordered psychiatric exam has no grounds to challenge the subsequent suspension of his license.

Physicians and their staff have a hard enough time getting their patients to understand the urgency of undergoing follow-up testing.  When the condition looks serious and a frequently traveling patient has a history of noncompliance, getting him or her to a specialist – or to the ER – may be what’s called for.

Writing another chapter in the courts’ long-running narrative over how to characterize certain types of medical facility injuries, a new case offers guidance on whether such injuries are governed by California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA).

Seven years after the release of its highly popular Medicine on Trial, CAP has just published a second edition as an educational resource for our member physicians.