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email article On Tuesday, Iowa s highest court will hear oral arguments in a negligent credentialing case brought against a hospital in Cedar Rapids. The suit has garnered the attention of the American Medical Association (AMA) due to its potential impact on other providers. The negligence suit was originally filed in 2016 by Roxanne Rieder and her husband, Tony. The Rieders detail in court documents that Roxanne experienced permanent impairment and severe pain following spine surgery performed at Mercy Medical Center by a credentialed physician there in 2015. Though the Rieders resolved and dismissed their claims against the physician, David Segal, MD, and other defendants in the case in 2018, they continue to pursue a negligent credentialing claim against Mercy. ....