Physician Law

This book represents the cutting edge of physician law. The publication emanates from the American Bar Association Health Law Section’s 2025 Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Conference. The conference and Physician Law: Evolving Trends & Hot Topics have been produced in conjunction with the Chicago Medical Society and the American Medical Association, tailored to an audience including physicians, lawyers, healthcare administrators, and other healthcare business people.

The book includes ten peer-reviewed chapters on core physician-centric legal topics:

1. Entrepreneurial Medicine (including fraud and abuse risk areas)
2. Physician-Hospital Contracting
3. Medical Professional Liability
4. Telemedicine
5. HIPAA Compliance
6. Accountable Care Organizations
7. Doctors’ Defense in Medical Staff Hearings and Appeals
8. Physician Well-Being
9. Medicare and Medicaid Contractors
10. Physician Employment Contracts from the Physician Perspective.