American Medical Association (AMA) news and information

Physicians' perception of their ability to provide high-quality care most strongly determines their level of professional satisfaction, according to a newly released RAND Corp. study.
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The long-anticipated shakeout in the EHR market is underway.
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The American Medical Association held a dedication ceremony Thursday morning to celebrate the opening of its new location in an iconic downtown Chicago skyscraper. Built in 1972 and formerly known as the IBM Building, the AMA's new headquarters is the last American office building designed by famed...
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A landmark Chicago skyscraper is the new headquarters of the American Medical Association, a relocation being marked Thursday by a dedication ceremony.
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“To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of private practice medicine have been greatly exaggerated,” Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, president of the American Medical Association, said in a news release touting the findings of a recent survey that indicates how the trend toward...
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The American Medical Association, the country's largest professional organization for physicians, is shutting down the news magazine it has published for 55 years.
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In 1989, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act mandated use of the resource-based relative value scale methodology for physician payments under Medicare Part B. It's time for review.
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The American Medical Association has responded sharply to a July 20 Washington Post investigative article that found that the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) has overvalued many procedures by overstating the amount of physicians' time required to perform them. Washington Monthly...
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Unknown to most, a single committee of the AMA, the chief lobbying group for physicians, meets confidentially every year to come up with values for most of the services a doctor performs.
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“I'm sure it's tempting for those who have stood against reform and progress from the beginning to see this as a chance to rip Obamacare apart. The irony of objecting to the delay of a program you've been trying to stop is, no doubt, lost on this room.”—Rep. Jim...
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