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Some Delegates Blast AMA for Supporting Reform, as Membership Falls
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,hospital associations) Amid reports of declining membership, a number of delegates at the AMA Annual Meeting earlier in the week blasted AMA leadership for supporting the healthcare reform, which notably lacked tort reform and ... -
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AMA names Neurosurgeon President-Elect; Current Presidency Changes Hands
(Matching tags: AMA,Cecil Wilson,president,Peter Carmel) Peter W. Carmel, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon from New York City with a practice in Newark, N.J., has been named president-elect of the American Medical Association, according to an AMA release. ... -
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What Leaders of Certain Healthcare Trade Groups Delivered for Members
(Matching tags: AMA,FHA,Blue Cross Blue Shield,Karen Ignagni,J. James Rohack,AAOS,PHA,AHA,compensation,AHIP,Chip Kahn,Molly Sandvig,Billy Tauzin,PhRMA,Scott Serota,Rich Umbdenstock,Joseph D. Zuckerman,Charles Branch,NASS,Kathy Bryant,ASC Association) The following leaders of national healthcare trade associations, representing key healthcare constituencies, had a crucial role in shaping the healthcare reform law. Here are summaries of what each did ... -
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Senate Not Expected to Pass Fee-Fix Before Friday
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,Senate,physician fee fix,James Rohack) ... lobbyist for the AMA. ... -
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Almost One in Five Physicians Limit Medicare Patients in Their Practices
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,physician fee schedule,advertising) A new AMA survey has found that 17 percent of physicians are limiting the number of Medicare patients in their practices, partly due to the on-and-off-again possibility that their Medicare fees would drop ... -
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AMA Releases 10-Point 'Code of Conduct' For Health Insurers
(Matching tags: AMA,insurers,code of conduct) ... bring transparency and accountability," according to a release by the AMA. ... -
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As AMA Embraced Health Reform, Membership Fell 3.5% in 2009
(Matching tags: AMA,health reform) In 2009, as many physicians criticized the AMA for its continuing support of the Democrats' health reform bill, membership dropped by 3.5 percent, according to reports on the AMA website. ... -
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Medical Societies Voice Their Support of Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act
(Matching tags: AMA,legislation,ASA,transparency) The American Medical Association and a separate coalition of 11 medical societies have thrown their support behind the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, introduced by Representatives John ... -
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AMA Launches Online Resource to Help Physicians Claim Part of $350M UnitedHealth Group Settlement
(Matching tags: settlement,AMA,UnitedHealth Group) The AMA has launched an online resource to help physicians claim part of the $350 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, according to a release from the AMA. ... -
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Is the AMA the Worst Trade Association Ever?
(Matching tags: American Medical Association,Scott Becker,AMA) The American Medical Association has been in existence for 162 years now, making it the oldest trade association in the nation, but this organization doesn't have a clue anymore as to what a trade association ... -
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House Passes First Version of Health Reform Bill, to be Signed Into Law This Week
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,insurance,AHA,HFMA,House,reconciliation) The House of Representatives on Sunday passed on a vote of 219-212 the same version of the health reform bill the U.S. Senate passed in Dec. 2009, opening the way for full enactment of the bill, according ... -
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AMA Releases Updates to Category I, III CPT Codes
(Matching tags: AMA,CPT 90663,vaccine codes,CPT 90664,CPT 90668,CPT 90650) The American Medical Association has released updates to several Category I vaccine CPT codes. -
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AMA Launches New National Managed Care Contract Resource and Database
(Matching tags: AMA,database,NMCC,managed care contracts,negotiations) ... from unfair corporate business practices, according to an AMA news release. ... -
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AMA, Medical Societies Comment on Proposed "Meaningful Use" Rule for EHR Programs
(Matching tags: CMS,AMA,meaningful use,EHR adoption,proposed rule) ... use criteria for the electronic health records incentive programs, according to an AMA news release. ... -
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With Fee Cut Looming, AMA Shows How to Become Medicare Non-Participant
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,physicians,SGR,fee cuts) With an automatic 21.2 percent Medicare fee cut looming next Monday, the AMA is showing members how to opt out of Medicare's set reimbursements and become a "non-participating" physician, according to ... -
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AMA Study: Competition in Health Insurance Industry Disappearing
(Matching tags: AMA,health insurance,competition,metropolitan markets) More markets across the country are dominated by one or two health insurance companies, showing that competition in the industry is decreasing, according to a new study by the American Medical Association. ... -
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AMA Criticizes Senate Medicare Physician Payment Fix Proposal
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,J. James Rohack,physician fee cut) AMA President J. James Rohack criticized a measure that would temporarily stave off a 21-percent cut in Medicare payments to physicians as a "Band-Aid approach," according to a report by Bloomberg featured ... -
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Five-Year Fix for Medicare Doctor Pay Cuts in Works
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,legislation,physician fee) As lobbying intensifies, momentum is building to provide a five-year reprieve that would block a 21-percent fee cut to physicians who treat Medicare patients. If no legislative action is taken this month, ... -
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Health Organizations Call on FTC to Exclude Healthcare Professionals From Red Flags Rule
(Matching tags: red flags rule,AMA,healthcare professionals,FTC,ADA,AOA,AVMA) ... asking the agency to exclude healthcare professionals from the Red Flags Rule, which aims to prevent identity theft, according to an AMA news release. ... -
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AMA Offers Recommendations to Reduce Healthcare Fraud
(Matching tags: AMA,HHS,healthcare fraud,recommendations) The American Medical Association offered recommendations on immediate actions the Obama administration can take to curb fraud in the healthcare system at a day-long summit sponsored by the federal government, ... -
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Measure Introduced in Senate to Stop Elimination of Medicare Consultation Codes
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,Medicare consultation codes) A newly proposed amendment to the Senate healthcare reform bill would postpone eliminating Medicare consultation codes that is scheduled for Jan. 1, according to a release from a coalition of the AMA and ... -
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AMA Makes Changes to CPT 2010 Urodynamics Section
(Matching tags: CPT 51729,CPT 51728,CPT 51727,CPT 2010 Book,urology,AMA) The American Medical Association has added three new codes and removed two codes from the urodynamics section of the CPT 2010 Book, according to a release from the American Academy of Professional Coders. ... -
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AMA Releases Corrections for CPT 2010
(Matching tags: AMA,CPT 86256,CPT 86780,CPT 95806,CPT 2010 Book) The American Medical Association has released corrections to be made to the CPT 2010 Book on its "Errata" Web site. -
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AMA Reaffirms Its Support of Health Reform Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,J. James Rohack,support) By a vote of 315 to 199, AMA delegates reaffirmed the association's support of the health reform bills in Congress, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Washington Wire. ... -
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3 Things Wrong With the AMA's Support of the President's Healthcare Reform Plan
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,Scott Becker) The president has aggressively marketed the support of certain industry groups such as the pharmaceutical industry, the AMA and the AHA to help sell healthcare reform. He has used their pledges of support, ... -
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AMA Releases CPT Codes for H1N1 Vaccinations
(Matching tags: AMA,CPT 90470,CPT 90663,H1N1,immunization) The American Medical Association has expedited the publication of a new code specific to vaccine administration and revised existing code 90663 to include the H1N1 vaccine, according to an AMA news release. ... -
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AAOS President Outlines Concerns About AMA Endorsement of House Health Reform Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,AAOS,Charles Rangel) AAOS President Joseph Zuckerman, MD, says he has told AMA executives that he is unhappy with the organization's endorsement last month of the U.S. House's healthcare reform bill. ... -
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Doctors Speak Out Online on What Health Reform Bills Lack and Fault AMA Endorsement
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,physicians,tort reform) Physicians commenting online about the current health reform legislation say it does not address several key causes of healthcare inflation, such as malpractice pay-outs, billing procedures and emphasis ... -
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AMA Speaks Out on Need for Physician Freedom
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,physicians,J. James Rohack) Officials from the American Medical Association are raising their concerns over some aspects of the current healthcare reform legislation circulating through Congress, which they say may interfere with ... -
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AMA Releases National Health Insurer Report Card
(Matching tags: AMA,Medicare,health insurance,Aetna,Anthem BCBS,Coventry) The American Medical Association has released its second annual National Health Insurer Report Card, which measures health insurers on the timeliness, transparency and accuracy of their claims processing. ... -
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J. James Rohack Inaugurated as the New AMA President
(Matching tags: AMA,president,J James Rohack) J. James Rohack, MD, was inaugurated as the new president of the American Medical Association, according to an AMA news release. ... -
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Cecil B. Wilson Named President-Elect of AMA
(Matching tags: AMA,Cecil Wilson,president-elect) Cecil B. Wilson, an internist from Winter Park, Fla., has been named as the president-elect of the American Medical Association, according to an AMA news release. ... -
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AMA Supports Health Reform, Opposes Mandates
(Matching tags: AMA,health reform) ... expands the fiscally-challenged Medicare program or pays Medicare rates," according to an AMA news release. ... -
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Healthcare Organizations Outline Plans to Cut $1.7T Over the Next Decade
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,cost savings,President Obama) Several major healthcare organizations outlined their plans to cut $1.7 trillion in healthcare costs of the next 10 years, in fulfillment of a promise the groups made to Pres. Obama, according to a report ...
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