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Video Feature: Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, new AMA president (4:36)
By Modern Healthcare | June 21, 2013
Modern Healthcare physician affairs reporter Andis Robeznieks interviews the new president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven. An infectious disease specialist from Lexington, Ky., Hoven talks about the recent meeting of the AMA House of Delegates and the AMA's efforts to...
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Policy, public health take center stage at AMA delegates meeting
By Andis Robeznieks | June 21, 2013
The American Medical Association House of Delegates' annual meeting had a particular focus on public policy and public health as it recalibrated its position on supporting the Patient Protection and Affordable Act and looked at strategies to defend against common threats to their patients' health.
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New AMA president urges innovation, collaboration
By Andis Robeznieks | June 19, 2013
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.
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AMA House of Delegates rejects ICD-10 report
By Andis Robeznieks | June 19, 2013
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.
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Barbe to chair AMA board; two new members elected
By Andis Robeznieks | June 19, 2013
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.
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AMA votes to classify obesity as a disease
By Andis Robeznieks | June 18, 2013
The American Medical Association House of Delegates at its annual meeting in Chicago approved a resolution to recognize obesity as a disease.
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Wah wins vote to become AMA president-elect
By Andis Robeznieks | June 18, 2013
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.
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AMA debates whether obesity should be seen as a disease
By Andis Robeznieks | June 16, 2013
The American Medical Association's Council on Science and Public Health issued a report concluding that “it is difficult to determine conclusively whether or not obesity is a medical disease,” but seven medical specialty societies disagree and are urging the AMA to officially recognize...
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Myriad stock falls as competitors offer lower prices for gene testing
By Joe Carlson | June 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Myriad Genetics' monopoly on testing for two breast cancer genes, the company's stock went tumbling as competitors announced plans to offer the same services at lower prices.
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AMA membership, doc population offer study in contrasts
By Andis Robeznieks | May 17, 2013
Critics of the American Medical Association argue that the organization's ranks have shrunk to the point where it can no longer claim to be the voice of the nation's doctors. Now new demographic information suggests that, not only might the AMA no longer represent doctors, but its membership and...
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