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Bill to empower nurse practitioners divides professional organizations

■ California legislators look to nonphysicians to address primary care gaps in the state, but physician organizations and others oppose the proposed solution. Read story

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Policing medical practice employees after work

■ Doctors can try to regulate staff actions outside the office, but they must watch what they try to stamp out and how they do it. Read story

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Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay

■ The ruling says health care professionals in Louisiana can’t recoup from Medicaid patients any money from third-party settlements. Read story

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Doctor-assisted suicide laws pose hospice care dilemmas

■ Should hospice's role in end-of-life care extend to helping patients who want physician-aided death? Read story

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Judge puts hold on strictest abortion law to date

■ Physicians performing abortions in North Dakota would face criminal penalties if they violated the law, which in effect would bar abortions after six weeks. Read story

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Vaccine opt-outs higher in states where exemptions are easier

■ Three states have added educational requirements to their childhood immunization laws since 2011. That approach could bring public health benefits, researchers say. Read story

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Landmark medical liability cap survives court challenge

■ California and Mississippi doctors win liability reform court victories, while Oklahoma physicians see their provisions defeated. Read story

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Electronic prescription monitoring struggles to gain traction

■ One state provides a case study into the complications involved with such a database. Read story

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