Other topics

Listed below are direct links to Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to other topics. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy. (PDF files require Adobe® Reader®)

Medical Care Outside the United States (PDF, 37KB)
CMS Report 1, A-08

Defining "Loss of Practice" in Catastrophic Events (PDF, 26KB)
CMS Report 6, A-07

Health System Expenditures (PDF,107KB)
CMS Report 1, A-06

Comparison of Selected International Health Care Systems (PDF, 79KB)
CMS Report 5, A-06

Offsetting the Costs of Providing Uncompensated Care (PDF, 59KB)
CMS Report 8, A-05

Federal Grants to Serve Medically Underserved Areas (PDF, 79KB)
CMS Report 2, I-01

Veterans Health Administration Health Care System (PDF, 92KB)
CMS Report 1, A-03

Special Physician-Patient Contracts (Word, 41KB)
CMS Report 9, A-02

The Rise in Professional Liability Insurance Premiums (Word, 74KB)
CMS Report 12, A-02

Growth in Health Care Costs and Health Insurance Premiums (Word, 169KB)
CMS Report 13, A-02

The Potential Impact of Genetic-Based Biotechnology on the Future Practice of Medicine (Word, 41KB)
CMS Report 8, I-01

Access to Emergency Contraception (Word, 50KB)
CMS Report 1, I-00

Modifications to the AMA Standard Benefits Package (Word, 31KB)
CMS Report 8, I-00

Reporting Critical Test Results (Word, 31KB)
CMS Report 2, A-00

Physician Performance Productivity Measurement (Word, 42KB)
CMS Report 6, I-99

Socioeconomic Factors Impacting on the Patient-Physician Relationship (Word, 45B)
CMS Report 7, I-99

Expense of Medical and Biohazardous Waste Removal (Word, 41KB)
CMS Report 2, I-98

A Physician's Right to Privacy (Word, 39KB)
CMS Report 4, I-98

The Impact of Rapidly Developing Biotechnology on the Delivery of Medical Care (Word, 63KB)
CMS Report 14, I-98