Allied health professionals

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

The Growing Nursing Shortage in the United States (Word, 48KB)
CMS Report 7, A-01

Non-Physician Prescribing (Word, 40KB)
CMS Report 11, I-99

Non-Physician Prescribing (Word, 179KB)
CMS Report 1, A-99

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

Ratio of Physicians to Physician Extenders (Word, 51KB)
CMS Report 10, I-98

Recognition of Differences in Training and Expertise Between MDs/DOs and Non-MDs/DOs in the RBRVS (Word, 38KB)
CMS Report 16, A-98