Supplemental Appendix . Interview Details and Legal Analysis

What This Is For There is a desire to have physicians take a more active role in coordinating care for people with multiple chronic conditions. One question physicians raise is how much this will increase their liability exposure, for instance, by holding them responsible for specialty areas they lack expertise in. Johns Hopkins has asked me to write a report that analyzes that question as best as can be done based on current knowledge. Part of that research is a series of interviews with knowledgeable attorneys, liability carriers, and risk managers—to seek their informed impressions. Your responses will be confidential and will not be attributed to you by name or organization. I am looking more for informed opinions than for hard data.