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American Medical News

American Medical News - 05/23/2012

Former Medicare chiefs say SGR must be eliminated

Past leaders of the agency overseeing the program call on lawmakers at a Senate hearing to approve health reforms that fix Medicare’s broken pay system.

JAMA

JAMA - 05/23/2012

Hip Fracture Management: Tailoring Care for the Older Patient

Hung and coauthors discuss the case of a patient with hip fracture and the course of his treatment. Randomized controlled trials comparing the efficaciousness of different treatment protocols in patients with hip fracture are assessed.

AMA Wire

AMA Wire - 05/16/2012

Senate Committee Explores Future of Medicare Physician Payment

As a looming Medicare physician payment cut of nearly 30 percent threatens access to care for seniors and military families, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee began a bipartisan series of discussions last week examining the escalating Medicare physician payment crisis. Read more in AMA Wire.

AMA Press Release - 05/14/2012

AMA Offers Tool to Help Physicians Address the Driving Safety of Older Patients

The AMA announced a free educational course to help physicians address the driving safety of their older patients.

AMA Statement - 05/10/2012

AMA Applauds Senate Finance Committee for Focus on Medicare Physician Payment Crisis

The AMA is pleased that the Senate Finance Committee is focusing on a critical problem facing Medicare and TRICARE.

AMA Press Release - 05/07/2012

AMA Comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 EHR Proposal

Current proposal would make it difficult for physicians to successfully participate in EHR program.