The letter urges legislators to keep Section 5(c) of H.R. 2810 “Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013” intact. This provision clarifies that “federal healthcare guidelines or regulations which were not specifically designed to establish a standard of care should not be interpreted as creating a standard of care.”
The provision is designed to make sure new federal quality measures will not have undue influence on medical negligence cases.
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