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Listed below are direct links to Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to hospitals and hospital-based services. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy.

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Fiduciary Credentialing (PDF, 42KB)
CMS Report 2, A-06

Payment for Emergency Services (PDF, 108KB)
CMS Report 5, A-03

Medicare Payment for the Medical Direction and Supervision of Hospital-Based Clinical Laboratories (PDF, 111KB)
CMS 2, I-02

Hospital and Physician Payment for Uncompensated Care, Teaching, and Research (PDF, 93KB)
CMS Report 7, I-02

Overcrowding and Hospital EMS Diversion (Word, 58KB)
CMS Report 1, A-02

The Effects of Closing Safety-Net Hospitals (Word, 45KB)
CMS Report 3, I-01

Hospital Merger Study (Word, 54KB)
CMS Report 4, I-01

Criteria for Level of Care Status (Word, 37KB)
CMS Report 5, I-01/December 2001

Hospital Merger Study (Word, 40KB)
CMS Report 7, I-00

Hospital-Based Physician Contracting (Word, 61KB)
CMS Report 3, A-00

On-Call Physicians (Word, 60KB)
CMS Report 3, I-99

Clinical Supervision (Word, 62KB)
CMS Report 3, A-99

Coerced Employment of Physicians (Word, 32KB)
CMS Report 4, A-99

Veterans Administration Hospital System (Word, 35KB)
CMS Report 8, A-99

Benefits and Obligations of Tax-Exempt Status of Health Care Organizations (Word, 32KB)
CMS Report 15, A-99

Hospital Billings on Behalf of Physicians (Word, 45KB)
CMS Report 6, I-98

Tax-Exempt Status of Health Care Organizations (Word, 47KB)
CMS Report 12, I-98

The Emerging Use of Hospitalists (Word, 66KB)
CMS Report 4, A-98

Rewards for Efficient Hospital Care (Word, 39KB)
CMS Report 15, A-98

Last updated:Feb 06, 2008
Content provided by: Council on Medical Service