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Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
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5 Min Read

Innovator finds value in relationship-based primary care model

No codes, no EOBs, no rushed primary care patient visits. That is the vision of Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, co-founder and CEO of Iora Health.

Prevention & Wellness
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5 Min Read

Seattle health system peeks behind requests for unneeded care

Talking treatment pros and cons with patients can cut inappropriate testing and treatment orders. Five steps to move toward wiser choices.

AMA STEPS Forward®
Man in chronic pain holds cane and his sore knee.
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Seattle clinic follows biopsychosocial model for patients with chronic pain

This chronic pain management program focuses on functional restoration to help patients return to their lives because a “cure” for chronic pain is many times not possible.

Behavioral Health
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March 23, 2017: State Advocacy Update

AMA urges block of Anthem-Cigna merger, hosts summit on preventing gun violence and more in the latest state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 26, 2017: State Advocacy Update

Four states introduce legislation for Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, Louisiana and Utah sign standing orders for naloxone and more in AMA's latest state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
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Scope of practice should set limits on medical liability testimony

Can an advanced registered nurse practitioner provide medical causation testimony? The Supreme Court of Washington will decide.

Judicial Advocacy
Top State Issues 2017
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5 issues physicians will take to state legislators in 2017

Legislation on physician-led team-based care and reversing the nation’s opioid epidemic and Medicaid are among the top issues faced at the state level this year.

State Advocacy
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Patient-psychiatrist confidentiality hampered in liability ruling

Washington court rules psychiatrists responsible for alerting targets of patient violence, even without a clear indication that foul play will occur.

Judicial Advocacy
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Case threatens limit on interstate medical liability exposure

When a patient crosses state lines seeking treatment and then suffers complications or death, which state holds jurisdiction over the physician involved?

Judicial Advocacy