This year's American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting featured a renewed sense of collegiality, no noticeable net change in the number of bearded delegates, a recognition of ties between current delegates and momentous health policy events from 50 years ago, and—speaking of... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | June 22, 2013
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The American Osteopathic Association named Adrienne White-Faines to succeed John Crosby as executive director. Crosby is retiring after serving as the Chicago-based association's executive director since 1997. White-Faines, 53, is scheduled to join the AOA next month. She previously worked... FULL STORY »
After an 18-month brand evaluation, the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems has changed its name to America's Essential Hospitals. FULL STORY »
Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, an infectious disease specialist from Lexington, Ky., was sworn in Tuesday at the American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting in Chicago as the AMA's 168th president. FULL STORY »
An American Medical Association board of trustees report that recommended against a strategy of bypassing the ICD-10 set of diagnostic and procedural codes and skipping straight to ICD-11 was rejected by the AMA House of Delegates on Wednesday morning. FULL STORY »
The American Medical Association House of Delegates at its annual meeting in Chicago re-elected one incumbent and two new members to the AMA board of trustees. FULL STORY »
The American Medical Association House of Delegates at its annual meeting in Chicago approved a resolution to recognize obesity as a disease. FULL STORY »
Dr. Robert Wah, a former deputy national coordinator for health information technology at HHS, was elected president-elect of the American Medical Association, defeating Dr. Joseph Annis, an anesthesiologist from Austin, Texas. FULL STORY »
Rather than test physicians every six to 10 years to certify whether they have kept current with their training, the American Board of Medical Specialties has sought to make it a continuous, ongoing process through maintenance of certification programs, but physicians at the annual American Medical... FULL STORY »
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